Chicken embryo lethality assay for determining the virulence of avian Escherichia coil isolates

Avian Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 318-324

  Wooley, R E ^a   Gibbs, P S ^a   Brown, T P ^a   Maurer, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo lethality assay; Escherichia coli; Virulence

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0034095792     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592546     Document Type: Article

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