Control of caseous lymphadenitis in six sheep flocks using clinical examination and regular ELISA testing

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 358-362

  Baird, G J ^a   Malone, F E ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 77950463644     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.b4806     Document Type: Article

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