Isolation and identification of aerobic bacterial species from upper respiratory tract of cart horses in 
Central Ethiopia

Tesfaye Debelu; Nigatu Akililu; Tesfaye Sisay; Fanta Desissa*

doi:10.5897/JVMAH2014.0301

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Isolation and identification of aerobic bacterial species from upper respiratory tract of cart horses in Central Ethiopia

Tesfaye Debelu

Tesfaye Debelu
College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 34, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
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Nigatu Akililu

Nigatu Akililu
College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, SPANA Project, P. O. Box 34, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
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Tesfaye Sisay

Tesfaye Sisay
College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 34, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
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Fanta Desissa*

Fanta Desissa*
College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, SPANA Project, P. O. Box 34, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
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Article Number - 800339446692
Vol.6(9), pp. 239-244 , September 2014
https://doi.org/10.5897/JVMAH2014.0301

Received: 06 June 2014
Accepted: 30 June 2014
Published: 30 September 2014

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