Incidence of Brucella species in marine mammals of the German North Sea

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Prenger Berninghoff, E ^a   Siebert, U ^b   Stede, M ^c   Konig A ^a,d   Weiss R ^a   Baljer, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt für Fische und Fischwaren Cuxhaven ^*  (Germany)

^d Landesuntersuchungsamt Rheinland Pfalz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brucella species; German North Sea; Marine mammals; Phenotypic and molecular investigation

Indexed keywords

GENOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PINNIPED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORPOISE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; GENETICS; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PORPOISE; SEAL;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; NORTH SEA; PINNIPEDIA; PORPOISES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIAE; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PARAFILAROIDES; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 52249089037     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01920     Document Type: Article

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