Prevalence of chlamydiae in boars and semen used for artificial insemination

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1750-1758

  Kauffold, Johannes ^a   Melzer, Falk ^b   Henning, Klaus ^b   Schulze, Katrin ^a   Leiding, Claus ^c   Sachse, Konrad ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Neustadt/Aisch AI Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Boar; Chlamydiae; Chlamydial antibodies; Faeces; Semen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33646194866     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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