A review of camel brucellosis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-56

  Abbas, B ^a   Agab, H ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Camel Project   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Camels; Disease control; Epidemiology; Pastoralism; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CAMELIDAE;

EID: 0037056968     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00055-7     Document Type: Article

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