Seroprevalence to chlamydiae in pigs in Italy

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 849-850

  Di Francesco, A ^a   Baldelli, R ^a   Cevenini, R ^b   Magnino, S ^c   Pignanelli, S ^b   Salvatore, D ^a   Galuppi, R ^a   Donati, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DILUTION; ENTERITIS; FETAL CALF SERUM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; ITALY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

CHLAMYDIAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 33846136382     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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