Seroprevalence and risk factors for Leptospirosis in goats in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-106

  dos Santos, Jandra Pacheco ^a   Lima Ribeiro, Anna Monteiro Correia ^b   Oliveira, Paulo Roberto ^b   dos Santos, Mariane Pacheco ^c   Júnior, Álvaro Ferreira ^d   Medeiros, Alessandra Aparecida ^b   Tavares, Tatiane Cristina Fernandes ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UBERABA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE PRESIDENTE ANTÔNIO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capra hircus; Leptospira spp.; MAT; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 81755172030     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9894-1     Document Type: Article

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