Development of a PCR test for identification of Haemophilus somnus in pure and mixed cultures

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-48

  Angen, Øystein ^a   Ahrens, Peter ^a   Tegtmeier, Conny ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis bacteria; Haemophilus somnus; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; FUSOBACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032575711     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00222-3     Document Type: Article

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