Investigations of Enterococcus faecalis-induced bacteraemia in brown layer pullets through different inoculation routes in relation to the production of arthritis

Avian Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 463-471

  Landman, W J M ^a   Veldman, K T ^b   Mevius, D J ^b   Van Eck, J H H ^c  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; BACTEREMIA; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GALLUS GALLUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0142103264     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307945031000154053     Document Type: Article

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