An outbreak of infectious hepatitis in commercially reared ostriches associated with Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-190

  Stephens, C P ^a   On, S L W ^b   Gibson, J A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Campylobacter coli; Campylobacter jejuni; Epidemiology; Hepatitis; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LIVER;

EID: 0032584054     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00174-6     Document Type: Article

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