Serologic detection of antibodies to Brucella spp. using a commercial ELISA in cattle in Grenada, West Indies

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-280

  Chikweto, A ^a   Tiwari, K ^a   Kumthekar, S ^a   Stone, D ^a   Louison, B ^b   Thomas, D ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Hariharan, H ^a  

^a St George's University   (India)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRENADA; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRENADA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84879902781     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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