Prevalence of Brucella antibodies in sera of cows in Bangladesh

Journal of Veterinary Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-226

  Amin, Kazi M R ^a   Rahman, M Bahanur ^a   Rahman, M Siddiqur ^b   Han, Jae Cheol ^b,c   Park, Jin Ho ^b   Chae, Joon Seok ^b  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Iksan Branch   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Brucellosis; Plate agglutination test; Rose Bengal test; Tube agglutination test

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA;

EID: 25144485513     PISSN: 1229845X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2005.6.3.223     Document Type: Article

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