Investigations on the pathogenicity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in laying hens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 574-576

  Mazaheri, Atoussa ^a,b   Lierz, Micheal ^a   Hafez, Hafez M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermanyssus gallinae; Erysipelas; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Free range; Laying hens

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRULENCE;

AVES; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 29244466121     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7362-040805R.1     Document Type: Article

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