Prevalence of Tritrichomonas foetus in several subpopulations of Alabama beef bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-217

  Rodning, S P ^a   Wolfe, D F ^a   Carson, R L ^a   Wright, J C ^a   Stockdale, H D ^a   Pacoli, M E ^b   Busby, H C ^b   Rowe, S E ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

T. foetus; Trichomoniasis; Trichomonosis; Tritrichomonas foetus; Venereal disease

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; MALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

TRICHOMONADIDA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 37349109265     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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