Mycoplasma haemolamae infection in a 4-day-old cria: Support for in utero transmission by use of a polymerase chain reaction assay

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-233

  Almy, Frederic S ^a,c   Ladd, Sabine M ^a   Sponenberg, D Phillip ^a   Crisman, Mark V ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOLAMAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELIDAE; LAMA PACOS; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 33645634498     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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