Infection of two goatherds with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri in Hungary, evidence of a possible faecal excretion

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 172-177

  Szeredi, L ^a   Tenk, M ^a   Dan A ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUNGARY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; PLEUROPNEUMONIA, CONTAGIOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. CAPRI; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0038660671     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2003.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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