Identification of Chlamydophila abortus and the development of lesions in placental tissues of experimentally infected sheep

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 122-127

  Maley, S W ^a   Livingstone, M ^a   Rodger, S M ^a   Longbottom, D ^a   Buxton, D ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Chlamydophila abortus; IHC; Ovine placenta; Pathology; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP DISEASE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 61449111902     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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