Prevalence of antestinal chlamydial infection in pigs in the midwest, as determined by immunoperoxidase staining

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 260-264

  Nietfeld, Jerome C ^a   Leslie Steen, Pam ^b   Zeman, David H ^b   Nelson, Dennis ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031093132     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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