Prevalence of Leptospira species among farmed and domestic animals in Greece

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 146-148

  Burriel, A R ^a   Dalley, C ^b   Woodward, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; AGRICULTURE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GOAT; GREECE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; LEPTOSPIRA; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0041529801     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.5.146     Document Type: Article

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