Epidemiology of ovine brucellosis in Awassi sheep in Northern Jordan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-306

  Al Talafhah, Abeer H ^a   Lafi, Shawkat Q ^a   Al Tarazi, Yasser ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Awassi sheep; Brucella melitensis; Jordan; Logistic regression; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0041783589     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00127-2     Document Type: Article

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