Characterization of the caprine model for ruminant brucellosis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 425-431

  Elzer, P H ^a,b   Hagius, S D ^a   Davis, D S ^c   DelVecchio, V G ^d   Enright, F M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella melitensis; Brucellosis; Goat model; Pathology; Ruminant; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOVIDS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; FEVER; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREGNANCY; SPONDYLITIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOATS; PREGNANCY; RUMINANTS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037146691     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00226-2     Document Type: Article

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