First detection of "candidatus mycoplasma haemolamae" in south american camelids of switzerland and evaluation of prevalence;Erster nachweis von "candidatus mycoplasma haemolamae" bei neuweltkameliden in der schweiz und schätzung der prävalenz

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 477-481

  Kaufmann, Christine ^a   Meli, Marina L ^c   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^c   Zanolari, Patrik ^b  

^a Tierpraxis Mondo A   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpaka; Haemotrophic mycoplasmas; Infectious disease; Llama; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOLAMAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 78650571910     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-123-477     Document Type: Article

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