Biochemical phenotypes of Escherichia coli in dogs: Comparison of isolates isolated from bitches suffering from pyometra and urinary tract infection with isolates from faeces of healthy dogs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 293-300

  Wadås, Boel ^a   Kühn, Inger ^b   Lagerstedt, Anne Sofie ^a   Jonsson, Per ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biochemical fingerprinting; Dogs; Escherichia coli; Pyometra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIURIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; PHENOTYPE; RECTUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030272435     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(96)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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