Virulence genes of O149 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli from outbreaks of postweaning diarrhea in pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 87-101

  Noamani, Babak N ^a   Fairbrother, John M ^b   Gyles, Carlton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Diarrhea; Enterotoxigenic; Escherichia coli; H10; H43; O149; Pig

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SWINE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0344154624     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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