Comparison of the intravenous chicken challenge method with the embryo lethality assay for studies in avian colibacillosis

Avian Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 672-680

  Gibbs, Penelope S ^a   Wooley, Richard E ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colibacillosis challenge model; Colicin V; Complement resistance; Embryo lethality assay; Escherichia coli; Intravenous challenge model; iss; tsh; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0141459928     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7011     Document Type: Article

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