| seroprevalence of ehrlichia ruminantium antibodies and its associated risk factors in indigenous goats of south africa. | the present study investigated the seroprevalence of antibodies to ehrlichia ruminantium and the associated risk factors in goats from five different farming provinces of south africa. sera collected from 686 goats of the commercial meat type (n=179), mohair type (n=9), non-descript indigenous goats from eastern cape (n=56), kwazulu-natal (n=209), limpopo (n=111), north west (n=61) and northern cape (n=11) provinces and a feral tankwa goat (n=50) were tested for the presence of immunoglobulin g ... | 2016 | 26829905 |