Detection of Brucella abortus in Chiredzi district in Zimbabwe

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gomo, Calvin ^a,b   Musari, Shuvai ^b   de Garine Wichatitsky, Michel ^c   Caron, Alexandre ^c   Pfukenyi, Davies M ^d   van Heerden, Henriette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Central Veterinary Laboratory Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ROSE BENGAL;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VETERINARY; ZIMBABWE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROSE BENGAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84878887660     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.417     Document Type: Article

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