Experimental infection of pregnant ewes with enteric and abortion-source Chlamydophila abortus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-291

  Tsakos, P ^a   Siarkou, V ^a   Guscetti, F ^b   Chowdhury, H ^b   Papaioannou, N ^a   Vretou, E ^c   Papadopoulos, O ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abortion; Chlamydophila abortus; Sheep bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; SEROLOGY; SHEEP;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035965090     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(01)00389-3     Document Type: Article

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