Serology and PCR for bovine leptospirosis: Herd and individual approaches

Veterinary Record

Volumn 170, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Otaka, D Y ^a   Martins, G ^a   Hamond, C ^a   Penna, B ^a   Medeiros, M A ^a   Lilenbaum, W ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84859440253     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100490     Document Type: Short Survey

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