Prevalence of "Actinobacillus porcitonsillarum" in porcine tonsils and development of a diagnosis duplex PCR differentiating between "Actinobacillus porcitonsillarum" and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 157-165

  Tonpitak, Walaiporn ^a   Rohde, Judith ^b   Gerlach, Gerald F ^b  

^a MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus; apx gene; aspC gene; Differential diagnosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS MINOR; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ACTINOBACILLUS PORCITONSILLARUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE DISEASE; TONSIL DISEASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TONSIL;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS MINOR; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ACTINOBACILLUS PORCITONSILLARUM; SUS;

EID: 34247259482     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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