Investigations of the vertical transmission of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in laying hens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 306-308

  Mazaheri, Atoussa ^a,b   Philipp, Hans C ^a   Bonsack, Heiko ^a   Voss, Matthias ^a  

^a LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Erysipelas; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33746080022     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7426-082605R.1     Document Type: Article

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