Detection and identification of Mycoplasma conjunctivae in infectious keratoconjunctivitis by PCR based on the 16S rRNA gene

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-180

  Giacometti, M ^a   Nicolet, J ^a   Johansson, K E ^a,b   Naglic, T ^a,c   Degiorgis, M P ^a   Frey, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; DNA PRIMERS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0033110296     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.1999.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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