Rinderpest Antibody Detected in Sheep and Goats before an Outbreak of Rinderpest Reported in Cattle in Northern Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-14

  Wambura, P N ^a   Mollel, J O ^b   Moshy, D W ^b   Mbise, A N ^b   Taylor, W P ^c  

^a Animal Diseases Research Institute Dar Es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b Veterinary Investigation Centre Arusha   (Tanzania)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle; Goats; Rinderpest; Sheep; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; RINDERPEST VIRUS;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE PLAGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; RINDERPEST; RINDERPEST VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TANZANIA;

EID: 0033069491     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005173232204     Document Type: Article

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