Experimentally induced infection of gerbils with cilia-associated respiratory bacillus

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-423

  St Clair, Mark B ^a   Besch Williford, Cynthia L ^a   Riley, Lela K ^a   Hook Jr , Reuel R ^a   Franklin, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHITIS; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TRACHEITIS;

ANIMALS; GERBILLINAE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LUNG; NASAL CAVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; TRACHEA;

EID: 0032828694     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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