Diagnosis of tritrichomonas foetus-infected bulls, an ultimate approach to eradicate bovine trichomoniasis in US cattle?

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Yao, Chaoqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AGE; BREEDING; BULL (BOVINE); CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFECTION RATE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIPPING; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871124476     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.047365-0     Document Type: Review

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