Complement resistance, as determined by viable count and flow cytometric methods, and its association with the presence of iss and the virulence of avian Escherichia coli

Avian Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 386-392

  Nolan, Lisa K ^a   Giddings, Catherine W ^a   Horne, Shelley M ^a   Doetkott, Curt ^a   Gibbs, Penelope S ^b   Wooley, Richard E ^b   Foley, Steven L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement resistance; Complement resistance assays; Embryo lethality; Escherichia coli; Flow cytometry; Iss; Viable counts; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

COMPLEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ISS PROTEIN, E COLI; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035992125     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2002)046[0386:CRADBV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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