Bovine brucellosis trends in Malaysia between 2000 and 2008

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Anka, Mukhtar S ^a   Hassan, Latiffah ^a   Adzhar, Azri ^b   Khairani Bejo, Siti ^a   Mohamad, Ramlan B ^c   Zainal, Mohamed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Veterinary Services ^*  (Malaysia)

^c VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bovine brucellosis; Distribution; Epidemiology; Pattern; Trend

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84887679368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-230     Document Type: Article

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