Seroprevalence of and risk factors for leptospiral antibodies among cattle in the state of Yucatan, Mexico

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-299

  Segura Correa, V M ^a   Solis Calderon, J J ^a   Segura Correa, J C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agglutination; Cattle; Epidemiology; Leptospira interrogans; Serology; Serovar hardjo; Serovar tarassovi

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MEXICO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BOS TAURUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 0041353885     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025185703587     Document Type: Article

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