Isolation of C. diphtherias subsp. belfanti in a cow with multifocal chronic-active dermatitis;Isolierung von Corynebacterium diphtheriae subsp. belfanti bei einer Kuh mit chronisch-aktiver Dermatitis

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 596-599

  Corboz, L ^a   Thoma, R ^a   Braun, U ^a   Zbinden, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Dairy cow; Dermatitis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DERMATITIS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DERMATITIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0030333288     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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