Diagnosis by PCR of Coxiella burnetii in aborted fetuses of domestic ruminants in Portugal

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 373-374

  Clemente, L ^a   Barahona, M J ^a   Andrade, M F ^a   Botelho, A ^a  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 65249158474     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.12.373     Document Type: Article

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