Experimental Brucella ovis infection in mouflon (Ovis musimon)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 287-290

  Cerri, Domenico ^a   Ambrogi, Cecilia ^b   Ebani, Valentina V ^a   Poli, Alessandro ^a   Cappelli, Fabio ^b   Cardini, Giovanni ^a   Andreani, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Azienda Faunistica di Montefalcone ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Brucella ovis; Experimental infection; Microbiology; Mouflon; Ovis musimon; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0036547636     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.287     Document Type: Article

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