Exploratory study of Mycoplasma suis (Eperythrozoon suis) on four commercial pig farms in southern Brazil

Veterinary Record

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 50-53

  Guimaraes, A M S ^a   Biondo, A W ^a   Lara, A C ^a   Messick, J B ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMATOCRIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYCOPLASMA SUIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PIG FARMING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWINE DISEASE;

MYCOPLASMA SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 33846600040     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.160.2.50     Document Type: Article

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