Leptospira borgpetersenii Serovar hardjo Type hardjobovis in Bovine Embryos Fertilized in vitro

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-236

  Bielanski, Andrzej B ^a   Surujballi, Om ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; HELICOIDEA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032110108     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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