Pathological and serological evidence of Brucella-infection in baleen whales (Mysticeti) in the western North Pacific

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-136

  Ohishi, Kazue ^a,b   Zenitani, Ryoko ^c   Bando, Takeharu ^c   Goto, Yoshitaka ^d   Uchida, Kazuyuki ^d   Maruyama, Tadashi ^e   Yamamoto, Saburo ^b   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^a   Fujise, Yoshihiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^e MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brucella; Cetacean; Minke whale; Orchitis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; OVARY DISEASE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE; WHALE;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; BRUCELLA; CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; MYSTICETI; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0037367037     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(02)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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