A serological survey of leptospirosis in sheep in Chile

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-76

  Zamora, J ^a   Riedemann, S ^a   Tadich, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Serology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILE; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033499060     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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