Brucellosis in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Republic of Croatia

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 115-122

  Cvetnic, Zeljko ^a   Toncic, J ^b   Spicic, S ^a   Lojkic, M ^a   Terzic, S ^a   Jemersic, L ^a   Humski, A ^a   Curic, S ^c   Mitak, M ^a   Habrun, B ^a   Brstilo, M ^a   Ocepek, M ^d   Krt, B ^d  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Institute of Forestry   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Brucella suis biovar 2; Pig industry; Risk assessment; Wild boar; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 31144474847     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5684-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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