Anthrax outbreak in a Swedish beef cattle herd - 1st case in 27 years: Case report

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lewerin, Susanna S ^a   Elvander, Marianne ^a   Westermark, Therese ^b   Hartzell, Lisbeth N ^c   Norström, Agneta K ^d   Ehrs, Sara ^a   Knutsson, Rickard ^a   Englund, Stina ^a   Andersson, Ann Christin ^e   Granberg, Malin ^e   Bäckman, Stina ^e   Wikström, Per ^e   Sandstedt, Karin ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Varberg Veterinary Practice   (Sweden)

^c Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^d Swedish Board of Agriculture   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPLEEN; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPLEEN; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952564208     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-52-7     Document Type: Article

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