Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2014
Socioeconomic Aspects of Brucellosis in Kuku Dairy Scheme, Khartoum State, Sudan
Tamador Elkhansaa Elnour Angara, Adil Abdel Rahman Ali Ismail
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A cross–sectional survey was conducted to estimate the cost of ucellosis in Kuku dairy scheme. A random sample of 30 cattle holdings was selected for estimating losses due to bovine ucellosis. On the other hand a sample of 176 volunteer was used to determine the losses due to human ucellosis. The result was that the herd infection rate was 90% and individual animal infection rate was 24.9% based on c–ELISA, Accordingly the total losses attributed to bovine ucellosis in the studied sample was US$ 247284.0 was due to milk loss and US$.8 due to infertility. The loss / cow /year accounted to US$ 434.3. For human ucellosis the infection rate was 2.3%. The cost per person was US$ 48.1. Males, the age group 15–30, milkers and those who reside in the farms are more susceptible
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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Tamador-Elkhansaa Elnour Angara, Adil Abdel Rahman Ali Ismail Socioeconomic Aspects of Brucellosis in Kuku Dairy Scheme, Khartoum State, Sudan Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue.8 August 2014
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Tamador-Elkhansaa Elnour Angara, Adil Abdel Rahman Ali Ismail Socioeconomic Aspects of Brucellosis in Kuku Dairy Scheme, Khartoum State, Sudan Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue.8 August 2014
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