Isolation of Brachyspira pilosicoli from weanling horses with chronic diarrhoea

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 661-662

  Hampson, D J ^a   Lester, G D ^a   Phillips, N D ^a   La, T ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33744500747     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.19.661     Document Type: Article

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