A study on bovine ephemeral fever involving sentinel herds and serosurveillance in Saudi Arabia

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1147-1151

  Abu Elzein, E M E ^a   Al Afaleq, A I ^b   Housawi, F M T ^b   Al Basheir, A M ^a  

^a Omdurman   (Sudan)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bovine ephemeral fever; Saudi Arabia; Sentinel herd; Serosurveillance

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 33847675773     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.25.3.1721     Document Type: Article

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