Evaluation of microbial culture techniques for the isolation of Pythium insidiosum from equine tissues

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 288-294

  Grooters, Amy M ^a   Whittington, Amy ^a   Lopez, Mae K ^a   Boroughs, Michelle N ^a   Roy, Alma F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PYTHIUM; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PYTHIUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036654218     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870201400403     Document Type: Review

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