Evaluation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae diagnostic tests using samples derived from experimentally infected pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 246-251

  Costa, G ^b   Oliveira, S ^a   Torrison, J ^a   Dee, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Diagnostics; Experimental infection; Serology

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; INOCULATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORCINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSIL;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79951558918     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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