Prevalence of rabies antibodies in street and household dogs in Chandigarh, India

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-114

  Singh, Mini P ^a   Goyal, Kapil ^a   Majumdar, Manasi ^a   Ratho, Radha Kanta ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chandigarh; Dogs; Rabies antibody

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CITY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CITIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INDIA; LYSSAVIRUS; MASS VACCINATION; PREVALENCE; RABIES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 78649936032     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9661-8     Document Type: Article

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