A sero-survey of major infectious causes of abortion in small ruminants in Morocco;Indagine sierologica sulle più comuni cause di aborto infettivo nei piccoli ruminanti in Marocco

Veterinaria Italiana

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-30

  Benkirane, Abdelali ^a   Essamkaoui, Soukaina ^a   El Idrissi, Ahmed ^b   Lucchese, Laura ^c   Natale, Alda ^c  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Brucellosis; Chlamydiosis; Leptospirosis; Morocco; Q fever; Small ruminants; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; LEPTOSPIRA; OVIS ARIES;

ANTIBODY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; INFECTION; MOROCCO; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INFECTION; MOROCCO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84926368836     PISSN: 0505401X     EISSN: 18281427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12834/VetIt.389.1814.1     Document Type: Article

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