Anthrax in animals

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 481-489

  Beyer, W ^a   Turnbull, P C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Pathology

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANTHRAX; ASIA; BIRD; BOVIDS; CARNIVORE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; HERBIVORE; HORSE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTHRAX; ASIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIRDS; CARNIVORA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350724383     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2009.08.004     Document Type: Review

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