Virulence mechanisms of avian fimbriated Escherichia coli in experimentally inoculated chickens

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 195-213

  Pourbakhsh, Seyed Ali ^a   Boulianne, Martine ^a   Martineau Doizé, Béatrice ^a   Fairbrother, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; F1 (type 1) fimbriae; P fimbriae; Pathogenicity; Poultry

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPLEEN; TRACHEA; VIRULENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031455881     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00163-6     Document Type: Article

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