Persistence of maternal antibodies against Mycoplasma agassizii in desert tortoise hatchlings

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 826-831

  Schumacher, Isabella M ^a,d   Rostal, David C ^b   Yates, Rebecca A ^c   Brown, Daniel R ^a   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a   Klein, Paul A ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wildlife Waystation   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NOSE MUCUS; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TURTLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURTLES;

EID: 0033162470     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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