Molecular identification of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi and Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus in Nasal swabs samples from horses suffering respiratory infections in Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 468-471

  Jannatabadi, A A ^a,b   Mohammadi, G R ^a   Rad, M ^a   Maleki, M ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Horse; Iran; PCR; Streptococcus equi; Streptococcus zooepidemicus; Upper respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IRAN; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA SP.; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA SP.; PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); PROTEUS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 53649090626     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.468.471     Document Type: Article

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