Annual variations in Leptospira seroprevalence among sows in Southern Vietnam

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 443-449

  Boqvist, S ^a,c   Thi, V T Ho ^b   Magnusson, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leptospira; Pig; Seasonal variation; Serology; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RAIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIET NAM;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIETNAM;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR AUTUMNALIS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 27744516644     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-005-0300-8     Document Type: Article

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