Seroprevalence of brucellosis in yaks (Poephagus grunniens) in India and evaluation of protective immunity to S19 vaccine

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-592

  Bandyopadhyay, Samiran ^a   Sasmal, Debasis ^a   Dutta, Tapan Kumar ^b   Ghosh, Monoj Kumar ^a   Sarkar, Mihir ^a   Sasmal, Nihar Kanta ^c   Bhattacharya, Mohan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON YAK   (India)

^b CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AB ELISA; Brucellosis; RBPT; STAT; Strain 19; Yak

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BRUCELLA VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS GRUNNIENS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 62949106004     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9228-0     Document Type: Article

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