Glanders in Animals: A Review on Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Countermeasures

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-221

  Khan, I ^a,b   Wieler, L H ^c   Melzer, F ^a   Elschner, M C ^a   Muhammad, G ^d   Ali, S ^a   Sprague, L D ^a   Neubauer, H ^a   Saqib, M ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Burkholderia mallei; Epidemiology; Farcy; Glanders

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; EPIDEMIC; EQUIDAE; GENETICS; GLANDERS; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIDAE; GLANDERS; HORSES; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84876416949     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2012.01342.x     Document Type: Review

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