Three case studies involving Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona infection in mixed farming units

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-34

  Gummow, B ^a   Myburgh, J G ^b   Thompson, P N ^a   Van Der Lugt, J J ^a   Spencer, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovine; Epidemiology; Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona; Leptospirosis; Mixed farming units; Porcine; Water

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR POMONA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033086007     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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