Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever and lumpy skin disease in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fagbo, Shamsudeen ^a,b   Coetzer, Jacobus A W ^b   Venter, Estelle H ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AFRICAN BUFFALO; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; LABORATORY TEST; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; BUFFALO; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POXVIRIDAE; PROCEDURES; SERODIAGNOSIS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

BUBALUS; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POXVIRIDAE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84931410020     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v85i1.1075     Document Type: Article

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