| mycoplasmas isolated from the respiratory tract of cattle and goats in tanzania. | a microbiological study of the mycoplasma flora in the respiratory tracts of cattle and goats in selected regions of tanzania is described. in the examination of cattle, mycoplasmas were isolated from 60 (17.8%) of the 338 examined lung samples, 8 (47.1%) of the 17 lymph nodes, 4 (13.3%) of the 30 pleural fluid samples and 4 (3.9%) of the 103 nasal swabs examined. all the isolates were identified as mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, small colony type except for one isolate from pleural fluid ... | 2000 | 11126579 |
| studies on mastitis, milk quality and health risks associated with consumption of milk from pastoral herds in dodoma and morogoro regions, tanzania. | the prevalence of mastitis, milk quality and health risks associated with milk consumption were investigated on 96 randomly selected traditional herds in dodoma rural and mvomero districts of tanzania. mastitis was investigated based on clinical signs, microbiology and california mastitis test (cmt), while milk quality was evaluated using total viable count (tvc)and total coliform count (tcc). animals were tested for tuberculosis using a single comparative intradermal tuberculin test. the preval ... | 2005 | 16131824 |