First molecular identification of Mycoplasma ovis and 'Candidatus M. haemoovis' from goat, with lack of haemoplasma PCR-positivity in lice

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-360

  Hornok, Sándor ^a   Hajtós, István ^b   Meli, Marina L ^c   Farkas, Imre ^b   Gönczi, Eniko ^c   Meili, Theres ^c   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Government Office of Borsod Abauj Zemplen County Food Chain Safety   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

eperythrozoon; goat; haemoplasma; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; ANOPLURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LINOGNATHUS STENOPSIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAT DISEASE; GOAT; LOUSE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GOATS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHTHIRAPTERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

EID: 84865637580     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.2012.030     Document Type: Article

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