Isolation and characterization of β-haemolytic-Streptococci from endometritis in mares

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 126-130

  Casagrande Proietti, P ^a   Bietta, A ^a   Coppola, G ^a   Felicetti, M ^a   Cook, R F ^b   Coletti, M ^a   Marenzoni, M L ^a   Passamonti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemolytic Streptococci; Bacteriological method; Endometritis; Horses; PCR; Superantigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; RNA 16S; STREPTOKINASE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; MARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HORSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. EQUI;

EID: 79960422038     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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