The use of serum banks in veterinary sero-epidemiological research for the Dutch livestock industry;Het gebruik van serumbanken voor veterinair sero-epidemiologisch onderzoek ten behoeve van de nederlandse veehouderij

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 121, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 676-678

  Eibers, A R W ^a  

^a Afdeling Epidemiologie en Statistiek

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FREEZING; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PRESERVATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BLOOD BANKS; FREEZING; NETHERLANDS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0030345010     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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