Detection of anti-Brucella antibodies in pinnipeds from the Antarctic territory

Veterinary Record

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 166-167

  Retamal, P ^a   Abalos, P ^a   Blank, O ^b   Torres, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; SEAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0034606834     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.146.6.166     Document Type: Article

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