Prevalence of antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo in bulk tank milk from unvaccinated Irish dairy herds

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 226-231

  Leonard, Nola ^a   Mee, John F ^b   Snijders, Sylvia ^a   Mackie, Dermot ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cattle; Leptospira; Milk ELISA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HERD; HERD IMMUNITY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MILK; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR HARDJO;

EID: 16544385965     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-57-4-226     Document Type: Review

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