Development and evaluation of a species-specific PCR assay for the detection of Brucella ovis infection in rams

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 158-164

  Xavier, Mariana N ^a   Silva, Teane M A ^a   Costa, Érica A ^a   Paixão, Tatiane A ^a   Moustacas, Valéria S ^a   Carvalho Júnior, Custódio A ^a   Sant'Anna, Felipe M ^a   Robles, Carlos A ^c   Gouveia, Aurora M G ^a   Lage, Andrey P ^a   Tsolis, Renée M ^b   Santos, Renato L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brucella ovis; Epididymitis; PCR; Ram; Semen; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDIDYMITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREPUCE; RAM (SHEEP); SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS;

EID: 77956230103     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.02.037     Document Type: Article

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