Major virulence factors of Escherichia coli isolated from pigs over two weeks of age with oedema disease and/or diarrhoea;Hauptvirulenzfaktoren bei Escherichia coli-Isolaten von über zwei Wochen alten Schweinen mit Ödemkrankheit und/oder Colidiarrhöe

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 625-630

  Sarrazin, E ^b   Fritzsche, C ^b   Bertschinger, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

E. coli diarrhoea; Enterotoxaemia; Fimbriae; Pig; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; EDEMA DISEASE OF SWINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0347745152     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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