Isolation and biotyping of Brucella melitensis from aborted sheep foetuses in Turkey

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-62

  Şahin, Mitat ^a   Unver, Ahmet ^a   Otlu, Salih ^a  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biotype; Brucella melitensis; Sheep; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 53649105283     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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