Confirmation of botulism in birds and cattle by the mouse bioassay and Endopep-MS

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1299-1305

  Hedeland, Mikael ^a,b   Moura, Hercules ^c   Båverud, Viveca ^a   Woolfitt, Adrian R ^c   Bondesson, Ulf ^a,b   Barr, John R ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN C1; BOTULINUM TOXIN D; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; BOTULINUM TOXIN F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOTULISM; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ENDOPEP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BOTULISM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SERUM; SWEDEN;

EID: 80051719646     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.031179-0     Document Type: Article

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