The persistence of Brucella melitensis in experimentally infected ewes through three reproductive cycles

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 403-409

  Tittarelli, M ^a   Di Ventura, M ^a   De Massis, F ^a   Scacchia, M ^a   Giovannini, A ^a   Nannini, D ^a   Caporale, V ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VAGINA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VAGINA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33644821150     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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