The utilization of a commercial soil nucleic acid extraction kit and PCR for the detection of Clostridium tetanus and Clostridium chauvoei on farms after flooding in Taiwan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-495

  Huang, Shr Wei ^a   Chan, Jacky Peng Wen ^a   Shia, Wei Yau ^a   Shyu, Chin Lin ^a   Tung, Kwon Chung ^a   Wang, Chi Young ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial zoonoses; Diagnose; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; FLOODING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOODS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TAIWAN; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI;

EID: 84877150277     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.12-0271     Document Type: Article

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