A Comparison of PCR and In Vitro Culture for Detection of Tritrichomonas foetus in Bovine Preputial Scrapings

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 699-700

  Hoevers, Jacquelien ^a   Snowden, Karen ^a   Graham, Sherry ^a   Barling, Kerry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PENIS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MALE; PENIS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0346965997     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00693.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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