On the Current Situation of Glanders in Various Districts of the Pakistani Punjab

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 783-787

  Khan, Iahtasham ^a,b   Wieler, Lothar H ^c   Butt, Mahboob Ahmad ^d   Elschner, Mandy C ^a   Cheema, Ashiq Hussain ^b   Sprague, Lisa D ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Remount Veterinary Farms Corps ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Equids; Glanders; Pakistan; Punjab

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84870418529     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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