First detection of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae' infection in alpacas in England

Veterinary Record

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 71-

  Crosse, P ^a   Ayling, R ^b   Whitehead, C ^a   Szladovits, B ^a   English, K ^a   Bradley, D ^b   Solano Gallego, L ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOLAMAE; COCCOIDEA; LAMA PACOS;

EID: 84864756469     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100611     Document Type: Article

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