A cross-sectional study to investigate the occurrence and distribution of intestinal spirochaetes (Brachyspira spp.) in three flocks of laying hens

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 189-198

  Phillips, N D ^a   La, T ^a   Hampson, D J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Brachyspira; Chicken; Diarrhoea; Spirochaetes

Indexed keywords

AGAR; INDOLE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE PAIRING; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIS; HEN; HERD; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIROCHETE;

BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; GALLUS GALLUS; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 13644269328     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.10.016     Document Type: Article

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