Characterisation of Mycoplasma gallisepticum strains involved in respiratory disease in pheasants and peafowl

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 230-234

  Bencina D ^a   Mrzel, I ^a   Zorman Rojs, O ^a   Bidovec, A ^a   Dovc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; FOWL; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SLOVENIA; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PAVO; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0037460779     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.8.230     Document Type: Article

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