Evaluation of a nested PCR test and bacterial culture of swabs from the nasal passages and from abscesses in relation to diagnosis of Streptococcus equi infection (strangles)

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-63

  Moller Gronbaek L ^a   Angen, O ^a   Vigre, H ^a   Nautrup Olsen, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial cultivation; Horse; PCR; Strangles; Streptococcus equi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP C';

BACTERIAL DNA;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 33645730559     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406775374324     Document Type: Article

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