Complement resistance-related traits among Escherichia coli isolates from apparently healthy birds and birds with colibacillosis

Avian Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-33

  Pfaff McDonough, Samantha J ^a   Horne, Shelley M ^a   Giddings, Catherine W ^a   Ebert, Jessica O ^a   Doetkott, Curt ^a   Smith, M Herbert ^a   Nolan, Lisa K ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian colibacillosis; Avian Escherichia coli; Complement resistance; iss; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD; COLIBACILLOSIS; COMPLEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034030037     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592504     Document Type: Article

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