A survey of rift valley fever and associated risk factors among the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedaries) in Sudan

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Abdallah, Maiy M M ^a   Adam, Ibrahim A ^a   Abdalla, Tamadur M ^a   Abdelaziz, Sanaa A ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed E ^b   Aradaib, Imadeldin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b AL NEELAIN UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Camels; cELISA; Epidemiology; RVF; Sudan; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973864212     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: 20460481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13620-016-0065-6     Document Type: Article

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