Epidemiologic aspects of Taylorella equigenitalis

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1169-1177

  Parlevliet, J M ^a   Bleumink Pluym, N M C ^a   Houwers, D J ^a   Remmen, J L A M ^b,c   Sluijter, F J H ^b,c   Colenbrander, B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Animal Health Service Boxtel   (Netherlands)

^c Animal Health Service Drachten   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contagious equine metritis; Fertility; Mare; Stallion; Taylorella equigenitalis

Indexed keywords

CONTAGIOUS EQUINE METRITIS; HORSE; ICELAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAYLORELLA EQUIGENITALIS;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREEDING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METRITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAVLORELLA EQUIGENITALIS;

EID: 0031569430     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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