Evaluation of a PCR test for the diagnosis of Brucella ovis infection in semen samples from rams

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 65-72

  Manterola, L ^a   Tejero Garces A ^a   Ficapal, A ^b   Shopayeva, G ^a,d   Blasco, J M ^c   Marin, C M ^c   Lopez Goni I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^d ASFENDIYAROV KAZAKH NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Brucella ovis; Brucellosis; Diagnosis bacteria; PCR; Sheep bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDIDYMITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037456614     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00310-3     Document Type: Article

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