Analysis of the presence of ail, ystA and ystB genes in Yersinia enterocolitica strains isolated from aborting sows and aborted fetuses

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 341-346

  Platt Samoraj, A ^a   Ugorski, M ^a,b   Szweda, W ^a   Szczerba Turek, A ^a   Wojciech, K ^a,b   Procajlo Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIL PROTEIN, YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; HEAT STABLE ENTEROTOXIN (YERSINIA); HEAT-STABLE ENTEROTOXIN (YERSINIA); OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEROTYPING; SWINE; VETERINARY ABORTION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEROTYPING; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 33747870752     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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