Nocardia farcinica - A significant cause of mastitis in goats in Sudan

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-149

  Maldonado, L A ^a   Hamid, M E ^b   Gamal El Din, O A ^b   Goodfellow, M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Goats; Mastitis; Nocardia farcinica; Sudan

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GOAT DISEASE; MASTITIS; MILK; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUDAN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MASTITIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SUDAN;

EID: 13744259598     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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