Safety evaluation of the SAG2 rabies virus mutant in Tunisian dogs and several non-target species

Veterinary Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-362

  Hammami, Salah ^a   Schumacher, Carolin L ^b   Cliquet, Florence ^c   Barrat, Jacques ^c   Tlatli, Aïda ^a   Osman, Raja Ben ^a   Aouina, Thouraya ^a   Aubert, André ^b   Aubert, Michel ^c  

^a University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^b Virbac SA   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Innocuity; Oral vaccine; Rabies; SAG2

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CATUS; FELIS CATUS; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS CAMPESTRIS; JACULUS ORIENTALIS; MERIONES; RABIES VIRUS; RODENTIA;

LIVE VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; CAT; DOG; GENETICS; GERBIL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABIES VIRUS; SAFETY; SALIVA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CARNIVORA; CATS; DOGS; GERBILLINAE; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; SAFETY; SALIVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 0033162857     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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