Determination of Seroprevalence of Leptospirosis in cattle in Elaziǧ;Elaziǧ İlinde Siǧirlarda Leptospirosis'in Seroprevalansinin Saptanmasi

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages 633-639

  Çetinkaya, Burhan ^a   Ertaş, H Basri ^a   Muz, Adile ^a   Öngör, Hasan ^a   Kalender, Hakan ^b   Özdemir, Vildan ^c  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b T K B Veteriner Kontrol   (Turkey)

^c Etlik Merkez Veteriner Kontrol Ve A   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cattle; Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012694081     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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