Reinfection with Chlamydophila abortus by Uterine and Indirect Cohort Routes Reduces Fertility in Cattle Preexposed to Chlamydophila

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2538-2545

  DeGraves, Fred J ^a   Kim, TeaYoun ^a   Jee, JunBae ^a   Schlapp, Tobias ^b   Hehnen, Hans Robert ^b   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROSTAGLANDIN F2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 2142761602     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2538-2545.2004     Document Type: Article

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