Antibodies against Mycoplasma bovigenitalium in free-living European bison (Bison bonasus) with balanoposthitis

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 760-763

  Thiede, Svenja ^a   Spergser, Joachim ^b   Rosengarten, Renate ^b   Jakob, Willi ^a   Streich, Wolf Jürgen ^a   Krasińska, Margorzata ^c   Frölich, Kai ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Balanoposthitis; Bison bonasus; European bison; Mycoplasma bovigenitalium; Poland; Serologic survey

Indexed keywords

BISON; BISON BONASUS; BUBALUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIGENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BALANITIS; BLOOD; BUFFALO; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLAND; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BALANITIS; BISON; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLAND; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0038005507     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.760     Document Type: Article

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