Identification of Leptospira spp. carriers among seroreactive goats and sheep by polymerase chain reaction

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-19

  Lilenbaum, W ^a   Varges, R ^a   Ristow, P ^b   Cortez, A ^c   Souza, S O ^c   Richtzenhain, L J ^c   Vasconcellos, S A ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carriers; Control; Goat; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; PCR; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVIDS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; HERD; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SHEEP; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LEPTOSPIRA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349228539     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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