Lung-tissue extract as an alternative to serum for surveillance for brucellosis in chamois

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-122

  Ferroglio, E ^a   Rossi, L ^a   Gennero, S ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali Epidemiologia ed Ecologia   (Italy)

^b LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Chamois; Lung tissue extract; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SHEEP; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; LUNG; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; OVIS ARIES; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 0034688348     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00090-2     Document Type: Article

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