Lack of evidence of Brucella ovis infection in rams in Quebec

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 312-313

  Arsenault, Julie ^a   Girard, Christiane ^a   Dubreuil, Pascal ^a   Bélanger, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERD; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TESTIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; QUEBEC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TESTIS;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2442602374     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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