Comparison of methods for detecting mycoplasmas in calf pneumonia cases

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 561-562

  Blackburn, P ^a   McAuliffe, L ^b   Nicholas, R A J ^b   Ball, H J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 77952678223     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.b4833     Document Type: Short Survey

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