Isolation of Brucella species from a diseased atlanto-occipital joint of an Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 160, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 876-878

  Dagleish, M P ^a   Barley, J ^b   Howie, F E ^b   Reid, R J ^b   Herman, J ^c   Foster, G ^b  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS;

EID: 34347345908     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.160.25.876     Document Type: Article

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