Identification of a Mycoplasma ovis-like organism in a herd of farmed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in rural Indiana

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-83

  Boes, Katie M ^a   Goncarovs, Kristina O ^a   Thompson, Craig A ^a   Halik, Lindsay A ^a   Santos, Andrea P ^a   Guimaraes, Ana M S ^a   Feutz, Marybeth Miskovic ^a   Holman, Patricia J ^b   Vemulapalli, Ramesh ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eperythrozoon ovis; Hemoplasma; Hemotropic parasite; Odocoileus virginianus; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; INDIANA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ANAPLASMA; BABESIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; COCCOIDEA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA OVIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RANGIFER TARANDUS; THEILERIA;

EID: 84857997069     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2011.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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