Algaemia in a dairy cow by Prototheca blaschkeae

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-531

  Thompson, Gertrude ^a   Silva, Eliane ^a   Marques, Sara ^a   Mller, Alexandra ^a   Carvalheira, Jlio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Algaemia; Bovine mastitis; Prototheca blaschkeae

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHLORELLA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; MASTITIS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOTHECA BLASCHKEAE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, ALGAL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INFECTION; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOTHECA; SEPSIS;

ALGAE; BOVINAE; PROTOTHECA;

EID: 70749116464     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802566341     Document Type: Article

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