A study of leptospirosis among animals in barbados W.L

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1979, Pages 161-168

  Damude, D F ^a   Jones, C J ^a   Myers, D M ^b  

^a WHO Animal and Human Health Project ^*  (Barbados)

^b Pan American Zoonoses Center ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CATTLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; HORSE; LEPTOSPIRA AUTUMNALIS; LEPTOSPIRA HEBDOMADIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SHEEP; SHORT SURVEY; SWINE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; AGGLUTININS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BARBADOS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DOGS; HAPLORHINI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE; RATS;

EID: 0018346130     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(79)90200-1     Document Type: Article

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