Brucellosis in camels

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-355

  Gwida, Mayada ^a,b   El Gohary, Adel ^b   Melzer, Falk ^a   Khan, Iahtasham ^a   Rösler, Uwe ^c   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Camels; Epidemiology; Public health importance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMELS; HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CAMELIDAE;

EID: 84859104917     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.05.002     Document Type: Review

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