Seroepidemiology of Brucella abortus infection in bovids in Sri Lanka

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-59

  Silva, Indira ^a   Dangolla, Ashoka ^a   Kulachelvy, Kulasingam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Buffalo; Cattle; ELISA; Microbiological disease; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLIMATE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CLIMATE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 0034601294     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00136-7     Document Type: Article

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