Pregnancy failure following vaginal infection of sheep with Chlamydia psittaci prior to breeding

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1116-1125

  Papp, John R ^a   Shewen, Patricia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0029971681     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1116-1125.1996     Document Type: Article

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