Consequences to chicks hatched from Escherichia coli-inoculated embryos

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 553-563

  Montgomery, Roy D ^a   Boyle, Carolyn R ^a   Lenarduzzi, Thomas A ^a   Jones, Lana S ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Horizontal amplification; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033167270     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592656     Document Type: Review

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