Detection of Helicobacter-like DNA in the gastric mucosa of Thoroughbred horses

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 553-557

  Contreras, M ^a   Morales, A ^b   Garcia Amado M A ^a   De Vera, M ^c,d   Bermudez V ^b   Gueneau, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Inst Nacional de Hipódromos   (Venezuela)

^d Hipódromo Nacional de Valencia   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Gastric pathologies; Helicobacter; PCR; Thoroughbred horses

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

16S RRNA GENE; AMPLICONS; CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER; PCR; PCR ASSAY; THOROUGHBRED HORSE;

PATHOLOGY;

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

DNA; GENES; PATHOLOGY; RNA; TISSUE;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GASTROENTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; HELICOBACTER; HORSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER;

EQUIDAE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 35448953605     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02227.x     Document Type: Article

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