Incidence of leptospiral abortion in Brazilian dairy cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 271-275

  Langoni, Helio ^a   De Souza, Luiz Carlos ^a   Da Silva, Aristeu Vieira ^a   Luvizotto, Maria Cecília R ^a   Paes, Antonio Carlos ^a   Lucheis, Simone Baldini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle microbiological disease; Leptospira interrogans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FETUS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGGLUTINATION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FETUS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PREGNANCY; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 0033546240     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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