The embryo lethality of Escherichia coli isolates and its relationship to various in vitro attributes

Avian Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-69

  Montgomery, Roy D ^a   Jones, Lana S ^a   Boyle, Carolyn R ^a   Luo, Yan ^a   Boyle, John A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Biochem and Molec Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial sensirivity; Biochemical profile; Embryo lethality; Escherichia coli; Plasmid profile; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 15244357077     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7211-052004R     Document Type: Article

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