In-house rose Bengal plate agglutination test (RBPT) for a rapid diagnosis of brucellosis in goats in Malaysia

International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 116-118

  Shahaza, O ^a   Khairani Bejo, S ^a   Zunita, Z ^a   Bahaman, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; CFT; Diagnosis; Goat; Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851496241     PISSN: 18163319     EISSN: 1818779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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