Detection of antibodies to a pathogenic mycoplasma in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis), broad-nosed caimans (Caiman latirostris), and siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 285-292

  Brown, D R ^a   Schumacher, I M ^a   Nogueira, M F ^a   Richey, L J ^a   Zacher, L A ^a   Schoeb, T R ^a   Vliet, K A ^a   Bennett, R A ^a   Jacobson, E R ^a   Brown, M B ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; CAIMAN; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS SIAMENSIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA ALLIGATORIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035172846     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.285-292.2001     Document Type: Article

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