Incidence of leptospiral antibodies in different game species over a 10-year period (1996-2005) in Croatia

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-311

  Slavica, A ^a   Cvetnic Z ^b   Milas, Z ^c   Janicki, Z ^a   Turk, N ^c   Konjevic D ^a   Severin, K ^a   Toncic J ^b   Lipej, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Epidemiology; Game; Leptospirosis; Serology

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; URSUS ARCTOS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 42449103594     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-007-0150-y     Document Type: Article

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