Prevalence and characteristics of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli with the eae gene in diarrhoeic rabbits

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Blanco, Jesús E ^a   Blanco, Miguel ^a   Blanco, Jorge ^a   Mora, Azucena ^a   Balaguer, Luis ^a   Cuervo, Luis ^b   Balsalobre, Carlos ^c   Muñoa, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; eae gene; Enteropathogens; Escherichia coli; Rabbits; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RABBIT; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031052918     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01185.x     Document Type: Article

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