Role of adhesive factor/rabbit 2 in experimental enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O103 diarrhea of weaned rabbit

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 105-115

  Pillien, F ^a   Chalareng, C ^a   Boury, M ^a   Tasca, C ^a   De Rycke, J ^a   Milon, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

adhesin; diarrhea; Escherichia coli; pathogenicity; rabbit

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029943591     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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