Short communication: Investigation of Coxiella burnetii occurrence in dairy sheep flocks by bulk-tank milk analysis and antibody level determination

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1581-1584

  Garcia Perez A L ^a   Astobiza, I ^a   Barandika, J F ^a   Atxaerandio, R ^a   Hurtado, A ^a   Juste, R A ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk; Coxiella burnetii; Dairy sheep; Polymerase chain reaction and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COXIELLA BURNETII; CYTOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; Q FEVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; MILK; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

EID: 65249175052     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1672     Document Type: Article

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