Latent infection of male goats with Mycoplasma agalactiae and Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies capri at an artificial insemination centre

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-115

  de la Fe, Christian ^a   Martín, Angel Gómez ^a   Amores, Joaquín ^a   Corrales, Juan C ^a   Sánchez, Antonio ^a   Poveda, José B ^b   Contreras, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auricular carriers; Contagious agalactia; Insemination centre; Mycoplasma agalactiae; Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTAGIOUS AGALACTIA; CONTAGIOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; GOAT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREPUCE; RECTUM; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EAR; EAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. CAPRI;

EID: 77958171173     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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