Footrot vaccines and vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 3139-3146

  Dhungyel, Om ^a   Hunter, James ^b   Whittington, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Stewart Street Veterinary Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; FOOTROT VACCINE; FOOTVAX; PEPTIDE VACCINE; PROTEASE VACCINE; RECOMBINANT FIMBRIAL VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; AUSTRALIA; BHUTAN; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FIMBRIA; GENETIC RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; VACCINATION; WHOLE CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FOOT ROT; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 84900427567     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.006     Document Type: Review

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