IS711-based real-time PCR assay as a tool for detection of Brucella spp. in wild boars and comparison with bacterial isolation and serology

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hinić, Vladimira ^a   Brodard, Isabelle ^a   Thomann, Andreas ^a   Holub, Milena ^a   Miserez, Raymond ^b   Abril, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Amt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Tiergesundheit ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TESTIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPLEEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TESTIS; UTERUS;

EID: 70149085915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-5-22     Document Type: Article

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