Mycoplasma conjunctivae infections in chamois and ibexes affected with infectious keratoconjunctivitis in the Italian Alps

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 588-589

  Grattarola, C ^a   Frey, J ^c   Abdo, E M ^c   Orusa, R ^a   Nicolet, J ^c   Giacometti, M ^b  

^a Liguria e Valle d'Aosta   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ITALY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033552306     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.20.588     Document Type: Article

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