Development of a set of multiplex standard polymerase chain reaction assays for the identification of infectious agents from aborted bovine clinical samples

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 657-664

  Tramuta, Clara ^a   Lacerenza, Daniela ^a   Zoppi, Simona ^b   Goria, Mariella ^b   Dondo, Alessandro ^b   Ferroglio, Ezio ^a   Nebbia, Patrizia ^a   Rosati, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Veterinary Medical Research Institute for Piemonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; bovine fetuses; infectious agents; multiplex polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FETUS DEATH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; BRUCELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COXIELLA BURNETII; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; LEPTOSPIRA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIGENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA DIVERSUM;

EID: 84857133228     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711407880     Document Type: Article

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