Proliferative Enteropathy of Rabbits: The Intracellular Campylobacter-Like Organism Is Closely Related to Lawsonia intracellularis

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 623-627

  Hotchkiss, Charlotte E ^a,c   Shames, Ben ^b   Perkins, Scott E ^b   Fox, James G ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030466805     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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