Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in Israeli dairy cattle

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 947-955

  Yeruham, I ^a,c   Elad, D ^a,b   Friedman, S ^a   Perl, S ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FOOT; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEEL; HERD; INTESTINE INJURY; ISRAEL; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; MORBIDITY; NITRATE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SOIL; SOMATIC CELL; TIME; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; ISRAEL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0142180004     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880300894X     Document Type: Article

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