First detection of Brucella canis infections in a breeding kennel in Austria

New Microbiologica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 507-510

  Hofer, Erwin ^a   Bagó, Zoltán ^a   Revilla Fernández, Sandra ^a   Melzer, Falk ^b   Tomaso, Herbert ^b   López Goñi, Ignacio ^c   Fasching, Gerhard ^d   Schmoll, Friedrich ^a  

^a Institute for Veterinary Disease Control   (Austria)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d Tierklinik am Grünbachplatz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Brucella canis; Dog; Immunohistochemistry; Isolation; MLVA; PCR; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BREEDING; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BREEDING; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84869177431     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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