Use of Mass Vaccination with a Reduced Dose of REV 1 Vaccine for Brucella melitensis Control in a Population of Small Ruminants

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-141

  Scharp, D W ^a   Sultan Al Khalaf, S A ^b   Al Muhanna, M W ^b   Cheema, R A ^b   Godana, W ^b  

^a Palladium Group   (United States)

^b Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Control; Goats; Kuwait; Sheep; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

BRUCELLA VACCINE; ETHACRIDINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIVE VACCINE; ROSE BENGAL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; KUWAIT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VACCINATION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; ETHACRIDINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KUWAIT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROSE BENGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 0033142085     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005113412431     Document Type: Article

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