Molecular Monitoring of the Main Changes in Bacterial Floral Diversity in the Gastrointestinal Tract of a Thoroughbred Foal with Catarrhal Enteritis by Using PCR-DGGE

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-19

  Morita, Hidetoshi ^a   Nakajima, Fumihiko ^b   Murakami, Masaru ^a   Endo, Akihito ^c   Suzuki, Takehito ^a   Shiratori, Chiharu ^a   Kato, Yukio ^a   Okatani, Alexandre T ^a   Akita, Hiroaki ^b   Masaoka, Toshio ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Northern Farm   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Gastrointestinal tract; Thoroughbred foal

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES (CLASS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; UNCULTURED BACTEROIDES SP.;

EID: 33846225625     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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