Comparative pathogenicity of different Actinobacillus suis O/K serotypes

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-87

  Slavić, Urda ^a   DeLay, Josepha ^a   Hayes, M Anthony ^a   MacInnes, Janet I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM; SEPSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; MALE; PERITONEUM; SEPSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0034168407     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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