Immune responses to Mycoplasma conjunctivae in alpine ibex, alpine chamois, and domestic sheep in Switzerland

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-271

  Degiorgis, Marie Pierre ^a   Abdo, El Mostafa ^a   Nicolet, Jacques ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a   Mayer, Daniel ^a   Giacometti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capra ibex ibex; Chamois; Domestic sheep; Ibex; Immune response; Infectious keratoconjunctivitis; Mycoplasma conjunctivae; Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA IBEX IBEX; CAPRINAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVOCULI; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PUTREFACIENS; OVIS ARIES; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034169136     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.265     Document Type: Article

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