Efficacy of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109J for the treatment of dairy calves with experimentally induced infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1017-1028

  Boileau, Mélanie J ^a   Mani, Rinosh ^a,b   Breshears, Melanie A ^a   Gilmour, Margi ^a   Taylor, Jared D ^a   Clinkenbeard, Kenneth D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; HISTOLOGY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOTOMY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; CORNEA; MICROBIOLOGY; MORAXELLA BOVIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; VACCINATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; CORNEA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MALE; MORAXELLA (MORAXELLA) BOVIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84984876323     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: 19435681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.77.9.1017     Document Type: Article

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