Evaluation of available diagnostic methods for Clostridium piliforme in laboratory rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Pritt, S ^a   Henderson, K S ^b   Shek, W R ^b  

^a Regulatory Operations   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium piliforme; Rabbit; Tyzzer's disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PILIFORME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEART; INTESTINES; LIVER; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PILIFORME; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 75449091787     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2009.008079     Document Type: Article

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