Biosafety and antibody responses of adult bison bulls after vaccination with Brucella abortus strain RB51

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 905-908

  Olsen, Steven C ^a   Rhyan, J C ^c   Gidlewski, Thomas ^b   Palmer, M V ^a   Jones, A H ^d  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Cedar Animal Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; TESTIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BISON; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTIS;

EID: 0033160649     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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