Survey of nine abortifacient infectious agents in aborted bovine fetuses from dairy farms in Beijing, China, by PCR

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-92

  Yang, Na ^a   Cui, Xia ^a   Qian, Weifeng ^a   Yu, Shanshan ^a   Liu, Qun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aborted fetus; cattle; detection; infectious agents; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHINA; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DAIRYING; FEMALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COXIELLA BURNETII; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 84863249994     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.2012.007     Document Type: Article

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