Colonization of the bovine uterus by Candida kefyr

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Karstrup, Cecilia Christensen ^a   Aalbæk, Bent ^a   Klitgaard, Kirstine ^b   Jensen, Tim Kåre ^b   Pedersen, Hanne Gervi ^a   Agerholm, Jørgen Steen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Endometritis; Fungus; Kluyveromyces marxianus; Mycosis; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; UTERUS;

EID: 85029479534     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13028-017-0329-5     Document Type: Article

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