Virulence and genotype stability of Salmonella enterica serovar Berta during a natural outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-274

  Olsen, J E ^a   Skov, M N ^a   Brown, D J ^a   Christensen, J P ^a   Bisgaard, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHICKEN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0029994390     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800052560     Document Type: Article

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