Pathological and immunological characteristics of ewes experimentally infected with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC strains isolated from cattle and sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-62

  Goncalves R ^a   Ferreira Dias, G ^b,c   Belo, A ^b   Correia, J ^c   Ferreira, M L ^c   Durao J C ^c   Goulao J V ^b  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^b Ministero da Agricultura do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas Portugal   (Portugal)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Complement fixation; Immune response; Immunoblotting; Lung; Lymphoid tissue hyperplasia; Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC; Ovine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES SC; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036794666     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(02)00172-4     Document Type: Article

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