Serum-free media for the in vitro cultivation of Cowdria ruminantium

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 849, Issue , 1998, Pages 307-312

  Zweygarth, E ^a   Josemans, A I ^a   Horn, E ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EHRLICHIA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CICONIIFORMES; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM;

EID: 0031871027     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11063.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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