Comparison of conventional and non-conventional techniques for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis in Sudan

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1151-1155

  Abdalla, Amel ^a   Hamid, Mohamed E ^b  

^a Federal Ministry of the Animal Resources and Fisheries   (Sudan)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

IS711 element; Milk ring test; PCR; Rose Bengal test; Sudan

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEMATOXYLIN; PRIMER DNA; ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SUDAN;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; HEMATOXYLIN; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSE BENGAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SUDAN;

BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84862904883     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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