Use of the surface proteins GapC and Mig of Streptococcus dysgalactiae as potential protective antigens against bovine mastitis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 423-432

  Bolton, Alexandra ^a   Song, Xin Ming ^a   Willson, Philip ^a   Fontaine, Michael C ^b   Potter, Andrew A ^a,c   Perez Casal, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine mastitis; GapC; GAPDH; Mig; Streptococcus dysgalactiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; IMMUNIZATION; PROTEINS;

BINDING PROTEINS; DAIRY INDUSTRY; MAMMARY GLANDS; SOMETIC CELLS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

PROTEIN; PROTEIN GAPC; PROTEIN MIG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DAIRY FARMING; IMMUNIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 4544305427     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-016     Document Type: Article

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