Detection of Coxiella burnetii by Nested PCR in bulk milk samples from dairy bovine, ovine, and caprine herds in Iran

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Rahimi, E ^a   Doosti, A ^a   Ameri, M ^b   Kabiri, E ^a   Sharifian, B ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Iran; Milk; PCR; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY CATTLE; GOAT; HERD; IRAN; MILK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRYING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IRAN; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649661833     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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