A serological prevalence survey of Brucella abortus in cattle of rural communities in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-18

  Hesterberg, U W ^a,c   Bagnall, R ^b   Perrett, K ^b   Bosch, B ^b   Horner, R ^b   Gummow, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Veterinary Services KwaZulu Natal   (South Africa)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Communities; Prevalence; Rural; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 46249120106     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v79i1.234     Document Type: Article

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