Dairy cows with metritis: Coxiella burnetii test results in uterine, blood and bulk milk samples

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 186-189

  Muskens, J ^a   van Maanen, C ^a   Mars, M H ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Dairy cattle; ELISA; Metritis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERD; METRITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENDOMETRITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

ARCANOBACTERIUM; BOS; COXIELLA BURNETII; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 78649515220     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.05.041     Document Type: Article

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