Streptococcus suis serotypes 3 to 28 associated with disease in pigs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 207-208

  Heath, P J ^a   Hunt, B W ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; GREAT BRITAIN; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035901181     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.7.207     Document Type: Article

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