High prevalence of natural Chlamydophila species infection in calves

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5664-5672

  Jee, JunBae ^a   Degraves, Fred J ^a   Kim, TeaYoun ^a   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIRTH; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERD; INFECTION RATE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUERPERIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; RNA GENE; SERUM; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 10844238740     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5664-5672.2004     Document Type: Article

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