Clostridial enteric diseases of domestic animals

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-234

  Songer, J Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMPROLIUM; AVILAMYCIN; BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; CARBADOX; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; LINCOMYCIN; MONENSIN; NITROVIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SALINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 0029915545     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.9.2.216     Document Type: Review

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