Prevalence of chlamydiae in semen and genital tracts of bulls, rams and bucks

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-310

  Teankum, K ^a,c   Pospischil, A ^a   Janett, F ^a   Brugnera, E ^a   Hoelzle, L E ^a   Hoelzle, K ^a   Weilenmann, R ^a   Zimmermann, D R ^b   Gerber, A ^a   Polkinghorne, A ^a   Borel, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; PCR; Prevalence; Ruminants; Semen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPERM; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENITALIA, MALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

BOVIDAE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA;

EID: 33845308797     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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