Possible exclusion of genotypes in Anaplasma phagocytophilum-infected lambs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 518-520

  Stuen, S ^a   Whist, S K ^a   Bergstrom K ^b   Moum, T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BASE PAIRING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 18044380881     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.16.518     Document Type: Article

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