Effect of shearing on the incidence of caseous lymphadenitis in awassi sheep in Jordan

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 287-293

  Al Rawashdeh, O F ^a   Al Qudah, K M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JORDAN; LYMPHADENITIS; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STANDARD; WOOL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; LYMPHADENITIS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034083257     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2000.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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