Spiroplasma found in the eyes of scrapie affected sheep

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Bastian, Frank O ^a   Boudreaux, Charles M ^a   Hagius, Sue D ^a   Bulgin, Marie S ^b   Sorensen Melson, Sharon J ^b   Enright, Frederick M ^a   Elzer, Philip H ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prion; Retinopathy; Scrapie; Sheep; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPIROPLASMA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EYE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPIROPLASMA;

BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MIRUM; SPIROPLASMA SP.;

EID: 78650773134     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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