Pathology of Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Infected with Brucella ceti

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-352

  Gonzalez Barrientos R ^a   Morales, J A ^a   Hernandez Mora G ^b   Barquero Calvo, E ^b   Guzman Verri C ^b   Chaves Olarte, E ^b,c   Moreno, E ^b,c  

^a Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucella ceti; Endocarditis; Neurobrucellosis; Placentitis; Stenella coeruleoalba; Striped dolphin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA CETI; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENELLA; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; BRAIN; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOLPHINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; STENELLA;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 77952236235     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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