A survey of caseous lymphadenitis in small ruminant farms from two districts in Perak, Malaysia - Kinta and Hilir Perak

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-201

  Komala, T S ^a   Ramlan, M ^b   Yeoh, N N ^b   Surayani, A R ^c   Sharifah Hamidah, S M ^c  

^a Federal Government Administration Centre   (Malaysia)

^b VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALAYSIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALAYSIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 69149087702     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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