Association Between Production of Fibrinolysin and Virulence of Staphylococcus hyicus in Relation to Exudative Epidermitis in Pigs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-297

  Aarestrup, F M ^a   Wegener, H C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DENMARK; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DENMARK; EPIDERMITIS, EXUDATIVE, OF SWINE; PLASMIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031306715     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548492     Document Type: Article

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