Detection and quantification of Mycoplasma gallisepticum genome load in conjunctival samples of experimentally infected house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) using real-time polymerase chain reaction

Avian Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-391

  Grodio, Jessica L ^a   Dhondt, Keila V ^a   O'Connell, Priscilla H ^a   Schat, Karel A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FINCH; GENETICS; GENOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FINCHES; GENOME; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 47549092962     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450802216629     Document Type: Article

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