Additional data on anti-Brucella antibodies in Arctocephalus gazella from Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2001, Pages 147-154

  Blank, O ^a   Retamal, P ^b   Abalos, P ^b   Torres, D ^a  

^a Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; Antarctica; Arctocephalus gazella; Brucella; CCAMLR; CEMP site no. 2; Pathology; Pinnipedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010095927     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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