Use of quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of Salmonella spp. in fecal samples from horses at a veterinary teaching hospital

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-255

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Byrne, Barbara A ^a   Hodzic, Emir ^a   Mapes, Samantha ^a   Jang, Spencer S ^b   Magdesian, K Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feces; Horse; Microbiological culture; Quantitative real time PCR; Salmonella spp.

Indexed keywords

SELENITE;

ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES ANALYSIS; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASION A GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA BRAENDERUP; SALMONELLA CERRO; SALMONELLA INFANTIS; SALMONELLA NEWPORT; SALMONELLA POONA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; SALMONELLA;

EID: 78149396113     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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