Seroprevalence and Potential Risk Factors for Brucella Spp. Infection in Traditional Cattle, Sheep and Goats Reared in Urban, Periurban and Rural Areas of Niger

• Abdou Razac Boukary,

  Affiliations Department of Livestock promotion and Management of Natural Resources, ONG Karkara, Niamey, Niger, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to the Veterinary Sciences (UREAR), University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Niamey, Niamey, Niger

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• Claude Saegerman,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to the Veterinary Sciences (UREAR), University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Emmanuel Abatih,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• David Fretin,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Veterinary and Agro-chemical Research Centre, Uccle, Belgium

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• Rianatou Alambédji Bada,

  Affiliation Service of Microbiology-Immunology-Infectious Pathology, Interstate School of Veterinary Sciences and Medicine, Dakar, Senegal

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• Reginald De Deken,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Halimatou Adamou Harouna,

  Affiliation Ministry of Livestock, Direction of Animal Health, Maradi, Niger

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• Alhassane Yenikoye,

  Affiliation Faculty of Agronomy, University of Niamey, Niamey, Niger

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• Eric Thys

  * E-mail: ethys@itg.be

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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