Assessing the within-herd prevalence of Coxiella burnetii milk-shedder cows using a real-time PCR applied to bulk tank milk

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Guatteo, R ^a   Beaudeau, F ^a   Joly, A ^b   Seegers, H ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UBGDS Union Bretonne des Groupement de Défense Sanitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk; Coxiella burnetii; Dairy cow; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRYING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER;

BOS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 34249829272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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