A serological survey of brucellosis in wild ungulate species from five game parks in Zimbabwe

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Motsi, Tatenda R ^a   Tichiwangana, Shadreck C ^a   Matope, Gift ^a   Mukarati, Norman L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84900804822     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v80i1.586     Document Type: Article

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