Detection of Coxiella burnetii in the bulk tank milk from a farm with vaccinated goats, by using a specific PCR technique

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 150-154

  van den Brom, R ^a   van Engelen, E ^a   Vos, J ^a   Luttikholt, S J M ^a   Moll, L ^a   Roest, H I J ^b   van der Heijden, H M J F ^a   Vellema, P ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Dairy goats; Pathology; Q fever; Shedding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84874509755     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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