Mycoplasma bovis-associated suppurative otitis media and pneumonia in bull calves

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 100-110

  Maeda, T ^a,b   Shibahara, T ^a   Kimura, K ^b   Wada, Y ^c   Sato, K ^d   Imada, Y ^a   Ishikawa, Y ^a   Kadota, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Nemuro Livestock Hyg Service Center   (Japan)

^c Oshima Livestock Hyg Service Center   (Japan)

^d Tokachi Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Cattle; Mycoplasma bovis; Otitis media; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FIBRIN; HYALIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EAR; EARDRUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FACIAL NERVE; FIBROSIS; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LIVER CELL; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE EAR; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OTITIS MEDIA; PETROUS BONE; PNEUMONIA; SPECIES INVASION; TEMPORAL BONE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0041412648     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(03)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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