Susceptibility of alpine ibex to conjunctivitis caused by inoculation of a sheep-strain of Mycoplasma conjunctivae

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-288

  Giacometti, Marco ^a   Nicolet, Jacques ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a   Krawinkler, Margrit ^a   Meier, Willy ^a   Welle, Monika ^a   Johansson, Karl Erik ^b   Degiorgis, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpine ibex; Infectious keratoconjunctivitis; Mycoplasma conjunctivae; Sheep bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INOCULATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LACRIMATION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0032522263     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00186-2     Document Type: Article

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