Detection of trichomonad species in the reproductive tracts of breeding and virgin bulls

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 226-232

  Corbeil, Lynette B ^a,b   Campero, Carlos M ^b   Van Hoosear, Karen ^b   BonDurant, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipophosphoglycan antibodies; Pathogenic trichomonads; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BULL (BOVINE); CAT; CATTLE; COW; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CATS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IGUANAS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

BOS; BOVINAE; FELIDAE; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TETRATRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 44349190200     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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