Diversity and stability of the Staphylococcus intermedius flora in three bitches and their puppies

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 931-937

  Saijonmaa Koulumies, L E M ^a,c   Myllys, V ^b   Lloyd, D H ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; TIME;

EID: 0142242125     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008938     Document Type: Article

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