Pig and goat blood as substitutes for sheep blood in blood-supplemented agar media

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 591-594

  Anand, Chandar ^a,b   Gordon, Rhonda ^a   Shaw, Helene ^a   Fonseca, Kevin ^a,b   Olsen, Merle ^b  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; EQUUS CABALLUS; HAEMOPHILUS; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033961384     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.591-594.2000     Document Type: Article

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