Comparison of polymerase chain reaction assays with bacteriologic culture, immunofluorescence, and nucleic acid hybridization for detection of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo in urine of cattle

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-320

  Wagenaar, Jaap ^a,c   Zuerner, Richard L ^b   Alt, David ^b   Bolin, Carole A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; URINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

EID: 0034146160     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.316     Document Type: Article

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