Evaluation of serologic responses, lymphocyte proliferative responses, and clearance from lymphatic organs after vaccination of bison with Brucella abortus strain RB51

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 410-415

  Olsen, Steven C ^a   Jensen, Allen E ^a   Palmer, Mitchell V ^a   Stevens, Mark G ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BISON; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031918148     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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