Brucella abortus differs in the multiplication within bovine chorioallantoic membrane explants from early and late gestation

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Samartino, Luis E ^a   Enright, Fred M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Chorioallantoid membrane; Explants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 0030052367     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0147-9571(95)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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