First evidence of Brucella ovis infection in Republic of Croatia: Die ersten nachweise von brucella ovis infektion in kroatien

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 209-213

  Špičić, Silvio ^a   Marjanović, Sanja ^a   Zdelar Tuk, Maja ^a   Cvetnić, Željko ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Brucella ovis; Croatia; Immunosorbent assay; PCR

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CROATIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CROATIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 67651022218     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0341-6593-116-209     Document Type: Article

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