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Infectious keratoconjunctivitis in wild Caprinae: merging field observations and molecular analyses sheds light on factors shaping outbreak dynamics

BACKGROUND: Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) is an ocular infectious disease caused by Mycoplasma conjunctivae which affects small domestic and wild mountain ruminants. Domestic sheep maintain the pathogen but the detection of healthy carriers in wildlife has raised the question as to whether M...

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Autores principales: Gelormini, Giuseppina, Gauthier, Dominique, Vilei, Edy M., Crampe, Jean-Paul, Frey, Joachim, Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28259139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-0972-0