Conjunctivitis caused by a swine Chlamydia trachomatis-like organism in gnotobiotic pigs

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Rogers, Douglas G ^a   Andersen, Arthur A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; GERM-FREE LIFE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033161570     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879901100408     Document Type: Article

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