Anti-Leptospira sp. agglutinins in ewes in the Federal District, Brazil

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-11

  de Seixas, Luiza S ^a   de Melo, Cristiano Barros ^b   Leite, Rômulo C ^c   Moreira, Élvio C ^c   McManus, Concepta M ^b   de Castro, Márcio B ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia Informacao Genetico Sanitaria da Pecuaria Brasileira   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease; Leptospira; Prevalence; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

AGGLUTININS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BOS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA SP.; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649951753     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9677-0     Document Type: Article

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