Escherichia coli cellulitis in broiler chickens: Clonal relationships among strains and analysis of virulence-associated factors of isolates from diseased birds

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3118-3126

  Ngeleka, Musangu ^a   Kwaga, Jacob K P ^a   White, David G ^b   Whittam, Thomas S ^c   Riddell, Craigmyle ^d   Goodhope, Robert ^d   Potter, Andrew A ^a,e   Allan, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; CLOACIN; COLICIN; DIPHENYLAMINE; HEMOLYSIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELLULITIS; CHICKEN; CLONE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0030036236     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3118-3126.1996     Document Type: Article

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