Recent leptospira isolates from tamil nadu

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 551-555

  Natarajaseenivasan, K ^a,b   Ratnam, S ^a  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Autumnalis; Canicola; Javanica; Leptospira isolates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034394791     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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