Immunoblotting, ELISA and culture evidence for Chlamydiaceae in sows on 258 Belgian farms

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-66

  Vanrompay, Daisy ^a   Geens, Tom ^a   Desplanques, Ann ^a   Hoang, Tran Q T ^a   Vos, L De ^a   Loock, Marnix Van ^b   Huyck, E ^a   Mirry, Cora ^c   Cox, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Prov Inst Prev Anim Dis W V   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila; Chlamydophila psittaci; Epidemiology; Pig

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGEON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VERO CELL;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1342264212     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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