Assessment of milk ring test and some serological tests in the detection of Brucella melitensis in Syrian female sheep

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 865-870

  Al Mariri, Ayman ^a   Ramadan, Lila ^a   Akel, Rand ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Brucella; Female sheep; Milk; Sera

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SYRIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952192430     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9774-0     Document Type: Article

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