Serotypes, virulence genes, and PFGE profiles of Escherichia coli isolated from pigs with postweaning diarrhoea in Slovakia

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vu Khac, Hung Vu ^a,c   Holoda, Emil ^a   Pilipcinec, Emil ^a   Blanco, Miguel ^b   Blanco, Jesús E ^b   Mora, Azucena ^b   Dahbi, Ghizlane ^b   López, Cecilia ^b   González, Enrique A ^d   Blanco, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Central Vietnam Veterinary Institute   (Viet Nam)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745034988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-2-10     Document Type: Article

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