Immunohistochemical detection of Brucella abortus antigens in tissues from aborted bovine fetuses using a commercially available polyclonal antibody

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-21

  Pérez, José ^a   Quezada, Manuel ^b   López, Juana ^b   Casquet, Olga ^a   Sierra, Miguel A ^a   De Las Mulas, Juana Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031608337     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000104     Document Type: Article

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