Importance of identification and typing of Brucellae from West African cattle: A review

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 202-211

  Sanogo, Moussa ^a,b,c   Abatih, Emmanuel ^b   Thys, Eric ^b   Fretin, David ^d   Berkvens, Dirk ^b   Saegerman, Claude ^c  

^a LANADA/Central Veterinary Laboratory of Bingerville   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biovar; Brucella; Brucellosis; Cattle; Identification; Typing; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; GENUS; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PREVALENCE;

BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 84877154532     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.02.009     Document Type: Review

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