Detection of Brucella species in buffalo whole blood by gene-specific PCR

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 634-636

  Guarino, A ^a   Serpe, L ^a   Fusco, G ^a,b   Scaramuzzo, A ^a   Gallo, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALOES; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0034715814     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.22.634     Document Type: Article

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