Short communications: Seasonal and age-related seroprevalence of leptospira species in pigs in korea

Veterinary Record

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 345-346

  Jung, B Y ^a   Park, C K ^a   Lee, C H ^b   Jung, S C ^c  

^a Animal Disease Diagnosis Centre   (South Korea)

^b Planning and Coordination Division

^c National Veterinary Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTOSPIRA; SUIDAE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTH KOREA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 70350191810     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.165.12.345     Document Type: Article

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