Isolation and prevalence of Campylobacter in the reproductive tracts and semen of commercial turkeys

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 625-630

  Cole, K ^a   Donoghue, A M ^b   Blore, P J ^a   Donoghue, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Reproductive tract; Semen; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPERM; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEMEN; TURKEYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13744255907     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7199-042504R     Document Type: Article

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