In vitro activity of four antimicrobial agents against North American isolates of porcine Serpulina pilosicoli

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 350-356

  Duhamel, Gerald E ^a   Kinyon, Joann M ^b   Mathiesen, Michelle R ^a   Murphy, Dorothy P ^b   Walter, Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRACHYSPIRA; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; SERPULINA; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0032177408     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000407     Document Type: Article

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