Clinical mycoplasmosis outbreak due to Mycoplasma ovis in sheep from Salta, Argentina. Clinical, microbiological and molecular diagnosis;Brote de micoplasmosis clínica por Mycoplasma ovis en ovinos de Salta, Argentina. Diagnóstico clínico, microbiológico y molecular

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-214

  Aguirre, D H ^a   Thompson, C ^b   Neumann, R D ^a   Salatin, A O ^a   Gaido, A B ^a   Torioni De Echaide, S ^b,c  

^a Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Mycoplasma ovis; Outbreak; Sheep

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD SMEAR; EPERYTHROZOONOSIS; GENE INSERTION; GIEMSA STAIN; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERYTHROCYTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 76749160277     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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