Mycoplasma conjunctivae infection is not maintained in alpine chamois in Eastern Switzerland

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 297-304

  Giacometti, Marco ^a   Janovsky, Martin ^b   Jenny, Hannes ^c   Nicolet, Jacques ^b   Belloy, Luc ^b   Goldschmidt Clermont, Elinor ^b   Frey, Joachim ^b  

^a Wildvet Projects   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Hunting and Fishing Services of the Canton of Grisons   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine chamois; ELISA; Epidemiology; Infectious keratoconjunctivitis; Mycoplasma conjunctivae; Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra; Serodiagnosis; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE; OVIS ARIES; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONJUNCTIVA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; SEASON; SWITZERLAND; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MYCOPLASMA; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036545335     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.297     Document Type: Article

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