Distribution of Campylobacter jejuni Penner serotypes in broiler flocks 1998-2000 in a small Danish community with special reference to serotype 4-complex

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 915-921

  Wedderkopp, A ^a   Nielsen, E M ^a   Pedersen, K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HERD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; DENMARK; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0142180017     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008975     Document Type: Article

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