The occurrence of Chlamydia spp. in pigs with and without clinical disease

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Englund, Stina ^a   Hård af Segerstad, Carl ^a   Arnlund, Frida ^b   Westergren, Eva ^a   Jacobson, Magdalena ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ^*  (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; SUIDAE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVA; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA, BACTERIAL; INTESTINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84856082925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-9     Document Type: Article

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