Experimental Infection of White-tailed Deer with Rangiferine Brucellosis

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 388-391

  Qureshi, Tariq ^a   Stittmatter, Joey ^b   Turner, Kenneth ^b   Davis, Donald S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella suis biovar 4; Brucellosis; Diagnosis; Odocoileus virginianus serology; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DEER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; REINDEER; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DEER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MALE; REINDEER; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033109144     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.388     Document Type: Article

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