Detection of antibodies specific to Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis in the vaginal mucus of Nigerian breeding cows;Individuazione di anticorpi specifici per Campylobacter fetus subspecie venerealis nel muco vaginale di vacche da riproduzione in Nigeria

Veterinaria Italiana

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-344

  Mshelia, Gideon D ^a,b   Amin, Jibrilla D ^b   Egwu, Godwin O ^b   Yavari, Christine A ^a   Murray, Richard D ^a   Woldehiwet, Zerai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Allevamento bovino; Antibody; Anticorpo; Breeding cow; Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis; Cow; ELISA; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; IgA; Lago Ciad; Lake Chad; Nigeria; Vacca

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MUCUS; NIGERIA; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MUCUS; NIGERIA; VAGINA;

BOS; BOVINAE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS SUBSP. VENEREALIS;

EID: 77957714188     PISSN: 0505401X     EISSN: 18281427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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