Evidence for Parachlamydia in bovine abortion

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 169-174

  Ruhl, Silke ^a   Casson, Nicola ^b   Kaiser, Carmen ^a   Thoma, Ruedi ^c   Pospischil, Andreas ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^b   Borel, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Cantonal Laboratory of Veterinary Bacteriology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle; Immunohistochemistry; Parachlamydia; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ABORTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; DNA MICROARRAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NECROTIZING PLACENTITIS; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDIALES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY;

BOS; BOVINAE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; PARACHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE;

EID: 61449218841     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.049     Document Type: Article

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