Serological survey of leptospiral infections in sheep, goats and dogs in Cordillera Province, Bolivia

New Microbiologica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-81

  Ciceroni, L ^a   Bartoloni, A ^b   Pinto, A ^a   Guglielmetti, P ^c   Valdez Vasquez, C ^d   Gamboa Barahona, H ^e   Roselli, M ^b   Giannico, F ^a   Paradisi, F ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d Facultad Politecnica   (Bolivia)

^e Distrito de Salud de Cordillera ^*  (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Anti Leptospira antibodies; Bolivia; Dogs; Goats; Leptospiral infection; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOLIVIA; DOGS; GOATS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP;

EID: 0030636420     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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