Mycoplasma agalactiae detected in the semen of goat bucks

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1278-1281

  de la Fe, C ^a   Amores, J ^a   Martín, A Gómez ^a   Sanchez A ^a   Contreras, A ^a   Corrales, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contagious agalactia; Goat buck; Mycoplasma agalactiae; Semen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 71749100573     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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