Chlamydia-related abortions in Cattle from Graubunden, Switzerland

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 702-708

  Borel, N ^a   Thoma, R ^b   Spaeni, P ^a   Weilenmann, R ^a   Teankum, K ^a   Brugnera, E ^a   Zimmermann, D R ^c   Vaughan, L ^a   Pospischil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Laboratory of Veterinary Bacteriology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle; Chlamydia like organisms; Chlamydophila abortus; Chlamydophila psittaci; Incidence; Placentitis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND;

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA;

EID: 33748630482     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 03009858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.43-5-702     Document Type: Article

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