Evaluation of cattle for experimental infection with and transmission of Brucella suis biovar 4

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1252-1256

  Forbes, Lorry B ^a   Tessaro, Stacy V ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; COW; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PREGNANCY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS;

EID: 0037406226     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.1252     Document Type: Article

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