Antibodies against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus in African Buffalos syncerus caffer in selected national parks in Uganda (2001-2003)

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-292

  Ayebazibwe, C ^a,b,e   Mwiine, F N ^a   Balinda, S N ^b   Tjornehoj K ^c   Masembe, C ^b   Muwanika, V B ^b   Okurut, A R A ^a   Siegismund, H R ^d   Alexandersen, S ^c  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

African buffalos; Foot And Mouth disease; Seroprevalence; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUFFALO; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; SEROTYPING; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUFFALOES; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING; UGANDA;

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 77956265667     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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