Post vaccination follow-up of Brucella melitensis in blood stream of sheep by PCR assay

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-442

  Kojouri, Gholam Ali ^a   Gholami, Masood ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; PCR; Rev1; Sheep; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349416629     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0828-5     Document Type: Article

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