A high level of strain variation within the Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae population of the UK has implications for disease diagnosis and management

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 83-90

  Parham, K ^a   Churchward, Colin P ^a   McAuliffe, L ^a   Nicholas, R A J ^a   Ayling, R D ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae; PFGE; RAPD; SDS PAGE; Typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SCREENING TEST; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GREAT BRITAIN; LUNG; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; NOSE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 33750303522     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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