Paratuberculosis in sheep flocks in Morocco: A serological, microscopical and cultural survey

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 213-219

  Benazzi, S ^a,c   El Hamidi, M ^a,c   Schliesser, T ^b  

^a Hassan IInd Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Institute   (Morocco)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOROCCO; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; FECES; FEMALE; MOROCCO; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0030171038     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1996.tb00308.x     Document Type: Article

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