Herd-prevalence of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) antibodies in dairy cattle farms based on bulk tank milk analysis

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-60

  Khalili Mohammad, M ^b   Sakhaee, Ehsanollah ^b   Aflatoonian, Mohammad Reza ^a   Shahabi Nejad, Naser ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk; Coxiella burnetii; Dairy cattle; ELISA; Iran; Q fever

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HERD; IRAN; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER;

EID: 78651420094     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60033-3     Document Type: Article

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