Outbreak of a Chlamydophila psittaci infection in laboratory rats

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-349

  Henning, Klaus ^a   Reinhold, Petra ^a   Hotzel, Helmut ^a   Moser, Irmgard ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila psittaci; DNA sequencing; Laboratory animals; PCR; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM;

EID: 57649113045     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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