Escherichia coli infections in newborn puppies - Clinical and epidemiological investigations

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 562-575

  Munnich A ^a   Lubke Becker A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Canine puppies; Escherichia coli; PFGE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECTUM; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; RECTUM; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18844463944     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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