Caseous Lymphadenitis in Goats: The Pathogenesis, Incubation Period and Serological Response after Experimental Infection

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-97

  Kuria, J K N ^a   Mbuthia, P G ^a   KanG'ethe, E K ^a   Wahome, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; Diagnosis; Goat; Lymphadenitis; Pathogenesis; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ABSCESS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ABSCESS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0035256543     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006400617235     Document Type: Article

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