Genotypic analyses of Escherichia coli isolated from chickens with colibacillosis and apparently healthy chickens in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 961-966

  Kawano, Masanori ^a   Yaguchi, Kazuhiko ^b   Osawa, Ro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Biken Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

ARDRA; Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli; ColV; PFGE

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COLIBACILLOSE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIRULENCE;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33845785627     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03872.x     Document Type: Article

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