Epizootic cutaneous pythiosis in beef calves

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 121-128

  Pérez, Rosa Cristina ^a   Luis León, Juan J ^a   Vivas, José Luis ^b   Mendoza, Leonel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b Laboratory Clinic Lugo Delgado Launois   (Venezuela)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine pythiosis; Epizootic pythiosis; Pythium insidiosum

Indexed keywords

HYALIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LIMB; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM; SAMPLE; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; PYTHIUM; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

EID: 21744436949     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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