A genotyping investigation of the colonization of piglets by Campylobacter coli in the first 10 weeks of life

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 916-920

  Soultos, N ^a   Madden, R H ^b,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Coli; Flagellin; Piglet; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Random amplification of polymorphic DNA

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTERS; COLI; COLONISATION; FLAGELLIN; PIGLET; POLYMORPHIC DNA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFICATION OF POLYMORPHIC; RANDOM AMPLIFICATION OF POLYMORPHIC DNA;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FLAGELLIN;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; ELECTROKINESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; JUVENILE; PATHOGENICITY; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MICROFLORA; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PLATING MEDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; SOW (SWINE);

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 33947372476     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03158.x     Document Type: Article

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