Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Year: 2011
Volume: 10
Issue: 9
Page No. 1177 - 1183

Seroprevalence of Brucellosis in Camels in and Around Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia

Authors : Omer Mohammed, Bekele Megersa, Rahmeto Abebe, Mesele Abera, Alemayehu Regassa, Yunus Abdrehman and Solomon Mekuria

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