The use of a mimic to detect polymerase chain reaction - Inhibitory factors in feces examined for the presence of Lawsonia intracellularis

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 268-273

  Jacobson, Magdalena ^a   Englund, Stina ^b   Ballagi Pordány, András ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAWSONIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FECES; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0037977088     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870301500308     Document Type: Article

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