Characterization of streptococci and enterococci associated with septicaemia in broiler parents with a high prevalence of endocarditis

Avian Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 610-617

  Chadfield, M S ^a   Christensen, J P ^a   Christensen, H ^a   Bisgaard, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLINACEUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 11144271461     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450400013089     Document Type: Article

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