Comparative efficacy of conventional diagnostic methods and evaluation of polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis

Veterinary World

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 53-56

  Akhtar, Raheela ^a   Chaudhry, Zafar Iqbal ^a   Shakoori, A R ^b   Ahmad, Mansoor Ud Din ^a   Aslam, Asim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bovine brucellosis; Diagnostic tests; Laboratory Tests; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864755872     PISSN: 09728988     EISSN: 22310916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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