Pathogenic attributes of Escherichia coli isolates from free-ranging sambars (Cervus unicolor)

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1108-1111

  Malik, Praveen ^a,b   Singh, B R ^a,c   Malik, P K ^a,d   Sharma, V D ^a,d  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON EQUINES   (India)

^c INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cervus unicolor; Congo red; Cytotoxigenicity; Escherichia coli; Hydrophobicity; Pathogenicity; Sambar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034550075     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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