Multiplex PCR for the detection of Brucella ovis, Actinobacillus seminis and Histophilus somni in ram semen

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 72-77

  Saunders, V F ^a   Reddacliff, L A ^a   Berg, T ^a   Hornitzky, M ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOBACILLUS SEMINIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BRUCELLA OVIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURELLACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPERM;

ACTINOBACILLUS SEMINIS; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA OVIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; MALE; PASTEURELLACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

ACTINOBACILLUS SEMINIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847016102     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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