Distal hind limb and udder oedema of dairy cattle associated with an unidentified haemotrophic bacterium with microscopic characteristics of mycoplasma (formerly eperythrozoon) wenyonii

Cattle Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-53

  Scott, R ^a  

^a Farm Equine and Small Animal Surgeries   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine; DGGE; Eperythrozoon; Hind limb oedema; Mycoplasma; Udder oedema; Wenyonii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA WENYONII;

EID: 41749089795     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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