Cecal spirochetosis caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli in commercial turkeys

Avian Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 609-613

  Shivaprasad, H L ^a   Duhamel, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyspira pilosicoli; Ceca; Pathology; PCR; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIRD DISEASE; CECUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIROCHETE; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CECUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; TURKEYS;

BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 29244439911     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7383-052005.1     Document Type: Article

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