Prevalence of Chlamydiaceae and Mollicutes on the genital mucosa and serological findings in dairy cattle

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 325-333

  Petit, Tom ^a   Spergser, Joachim ^a   Aurich, Jörg ^a   Rosengarten, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cattle; Chlamydiaceae; Mollicutes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA BOVIGENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA DIVERSUM; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUSTRIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLLICUTES; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA BOVIGENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; UREAPLASMA DIVERSUM;

EID: 38649138756     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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