Shiga toxin genes in avian Escherichia coli

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 341-352

  Parreira, V R ^a   Gyles, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian; Cellulitis; Chicken bacteria; Escherichia coli; Septicemia; Shiga toxin; SHS; stx; Turkey

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD DISEASE; CELL ASSAY; CELLULITIS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TURKEY (BIRD); VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; TURKEYS; VERO CELLS;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 0037158193     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00084-6     Document Type: Article

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