Management of an outbreak of brucellosis due to B. melitensis in dairy cattle in Spain

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-211

  Álvarez, Julio ^a   Sáez, Jose Luis ^b   García, Nerea ^a   Serrat, Carles ^c   Pérez Sancho, Marta ^a   González, Sergio ^a   Ortega, Maria Jesús ^b   Gou, Josep ^c   Carbajo, Lucio ^b   Garrido, Fulgencio ^b   Goyache, Joaquín ^a   Domínguez, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

B. melitensis; Brucellosis; Cattle; Control; Outbreak; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 79951771514     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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