Phenotype and genotype characteristics of the Slovak and Czech Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strains isolated from sheep and goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-111

  Literak I ^a   Horvathova A ^b,c   Jahnova M ^a   Rychlik I ^b   Skalka, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis; Czech Republic; Goats; Sheep; Slovak Republic; Strains

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0344889016     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(98)00174-6     Document Type: Article

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