Pathological and epidemiological investigations into listerial encephalitis in sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 293-297

  Kumar, H ^a   Singh, B B ^a   Bal, M S ^a   Kaur, Kamalpreet ^a   Singh, Randhir ^a   Sidhu, P K ^a   Sandhu, K S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Listeriosis; Outbreaks; sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34250007075     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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