Safety of Brucella abortus strain RB51 in bison

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 825-829

  Elzer, Philip H ^a,b   Edmonds, Matthew D ^b   Hagius, Sue D ^a   Walker, Joel V ^a   Gilsdorf, Michael J ^c   Davis, Donald S ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American bison; Bison bison; Brucella abortus; Safety; Strain RB51; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BRUCELLA VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; STANDARD; TIME; VACCINATION; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BISON; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032176315     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.4.825     Document Type: Article

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