Infection of cattle in Kenya with Brucella abortus biovar 3 and Brucella melitensis biovar 1 genotypes

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-20

  Muendo, Esther N ^a   Mbatha, Peter M ^a   Macharia, Joseph ^a   Abdoel, Theresia H ^b   Janszen, Paul V ^b   Pastoor, Rob ^b   Smits, Henk L ^b  

^a Department of Veterinary Services   (Kenya)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abortion; Brucellosis; Cattle; Genotyping; Prevention; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; KENYA; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 81755179415     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9899-9     Document Type: Article

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