African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5233

Full Length Research Paper

Incidence rate of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae in subclinical mastitis at smallholder dairy cattle farms in Hawassa, Ethiopia

Getaneh Alemu
  • Getaneh Alemu
  • Quara District Agricultral Office, North Gondar, Ethiopia.
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Gizat Almaw*
  • Gizat Almaw*
  • National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center, PO Box 04, Sebeta, Ethiopia.
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Mesele Abera
  • Mesele Abera
  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hawassa University, PO Box 5, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Accepted: 12 December 2013
  •  Published: 15 January 2014

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