Detection of leptospires in bovine semen by polymerase chain reaction

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-34

  Heinemann, M B ^b   Garcia, J F ^a,b   Nunes, C M ^a,b   Morais, Z M ^b   Gregori, F ^b   Cortez, A ^b   Vasconcellos, S A ^b   Visintin, J A ^b   Richtzenhain, L J ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cattle; Leptospirosis; PCR; Semen

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032610351     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb12422.x     Document Type: Article

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