Chlamydiae in oviducts and uteri of repeat breeder pigs

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1816-1823

  Kauffold, Johannes ^a   Melzer, Falk ^b   Berndt, Angela ^b   Hoffmann, Grit ^a   Hotzel, Helmut ^b   Sachse, Konrad ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydiae; Oviduct; Repeat breeder pig; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33749264647     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.042     Document Type: Article

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