Serological characterization of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae biotype 2 strains isolated from pigs in two Danish herds

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-46

  Nielsen, Ragnhild ^a   Andresen, Lars Ole ^a   Plambeck, Tamara ^a   Nielsen, Jens Peter ^a   Krarup, Lars Thure ^b   Jorsal, Sven Erik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Stenstrup Dyreklinik ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae biotype 2; serological characterization; serotypes

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; SWINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031027838     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(96)01267-9     Document Type: Article

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