Detection of Coxiella burnetii in placenta and abortion samples from British ruminants using real-time PCR

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 965-967

  Jones, R M ^a   Twomey, D F ^a   Hannon, S ^a   Errington, J ^a   Pritchard, G C ^a   Sawyer, J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 79952480342     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c4040     Document Type: Article

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