Isolation of Prothoteca zopfii from a case of bovine mastitis in Brazil

Mycopathologia

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-137

  De Vargas, Agueda Castagna ^a   Lazzari, Andrea ^a   Santurio, Janio Morais ^a   Alves, Sydney Hartz ^a   Ferreira, Gregori ^a   Kreutz, Luis Carlos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algae; Bovine; Brazil; Mastitis; Prothoteca zopfii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLORELLA; FEMALE; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; FEMALE; INFECTION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PROTOTHECA;

EID: 0032459685     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006941413968     Document Type: Article

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