Attenuation of a Brucella abortus mutant lacking a major 25 kDa outer membrane protein in cattle

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1461-1466

  Edmonds, Matthew D ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^b   Booth, Natha J ^a   Fulton, W Todd ^a   Hagius, Sue D ^a   Walker, Joel V ^a   Elzer, Philip H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MUTATION; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES; MILK; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035463135     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1461     Document Type: Article

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