Seroprevalence of F4+ enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in regions with different pig farm densities

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-216

  Broeck, Wim Van Den ^a   Cox, Eric ^a   Goddeeris, Bruno M ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Belgium; F4+ enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Pig; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BREEDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BELGIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VACCINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032885869     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00108-X     Document Type: Article

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