Safety of Brucella abortus Strain RB51 in Deer Mice

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 621-625

  Cook, Walter E ^a,b,c   Williams, Elizabeth S ^c   Thorne, E Tom ^b   Taylor, Sharon K ^c,d   Anderson, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University Station   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Deer mice; Experimental infection; Peromyscus maniculatus; RB51

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; SPLEEN; STANDARD; UTERUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAFETY; SPLEEN; UTERUS;

EID: 0035404486     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.621     Document Type: Article

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