Experimental Coxiella burnetii infection in pregnant goats: Excretion routes

Veterinary Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-433

  Bouvery, Nathalie Arricau ^a   Souriau, Armel ^a   Lechopier, Patrick ^a   Rodolakis, Annie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Abortion; Coxiella burnetii; Experimental infection; Goat; Shedding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOAT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; SERODIAGNOSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SECRETION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; Q FEVER; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0141515239     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2003017     Document Type: Article

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