Mass vaccination as a complementary tool in the control of a severe outbreak of bovine brucellosis due to Brucella abortus in Extremadura, Spain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-125

  Sanz, Cristina ^a   Sáez, José Luis ^b   Álvarez, Julio ^c,d   Cortés, María ^e   Pereira, Gema ^e   Reyes, Aurelia ^a   Rubio, Félix ^a   Martín, Javier ^a   García, Nerea ^c   Domínguez, Lucas ^c   Hermoso de Mendoza, María ^e   Hermoso de Mendoza, Javier ^e  

^a Servicio de Sanidad Animal   (Spain)

^b Ministerio de Agricultura Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cattle; Control; Outbreak; RB51; S19; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 77958491583     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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