Haemotrophic Mycoplasma infection in horses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 351-353

  Dieckmann, Sarah M ^a   Winkler, Margit ^b   Groebel, Katrin ^a   Dieckmann, Michael P ^c   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a   Hoelzle, Katharina ^a   Wittenbrink, Max M ^a   Hoelzle, Ludwig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Synlabvet   (Germany)

^c Equine Practice Beekenhof ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA PCR; Anaemia; Haemotrophic Mycoplasma; Horse; Phylogenetic classification

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ANEMIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOBOS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPERYTHROZOONOSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HORSE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 77957264198     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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