Cerebral listeriosis in a she-camel at Qassim region, central Saudi Arabia - A case report

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-547

  Al Swailem, Abdul A ^a   Al Dubaib, Musaad A ^b   Al Ghamdi, Ghanim ^c   Al Yamanl, Essam ^a   Al Naeem, Abdul M ^c   Al Mejali, Abdulaziz ^c   Shehata, Maher ^a   Hashad, Mahmoud E ^b   El Lithy Aboelhassan, Dia ^b   Mahmoud, Osama M ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camel; Encephalitis; Listeriosis; Qassim; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77955797384     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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