Case report: Identification of Bartonella henselae in an aborted equine fetus

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-281

  Johnson, R ^a   Ramos Vara, J ^a   Vemulapalli, R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bartonella henselae; Electron microscopy; Equines; Immunohistochemistry; Necrosis; Nucleotide sequence analysis; Polymerase chain reaction; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67650889560     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.46-2-277     Document Type: Article

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