Laboratory diagnosis of transboundary animal diseases in Pakistan

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 190-195

  Hussain, M ^a   Irshad, H ^a   Khan, M Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Pakistan; Transboundary animal diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PAKISTAN; POULTRY DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 51049095135     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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