Prevalence of serum antibodies against six Leptospira serovars in sheep in Tabriz, Northwestern Iran

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-455

  Tooloei, Mohammad ^a   Abdollapour, Golamreza ^b   Karimi, Hamid ^a   Hasanpor, Ali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; MAT; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Tabriz

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949106766     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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