Virulence factors of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from chickens with colisepticemia in Japan

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 656-662

  Yaguchi, K ^a   Ogitani, T ^a   Osawa, R ^b   Kawano, M ^b   Kokumai, N ^a   Kaneshige, T ^a   Noro, T ^a   Masubuchi, K ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a  

^a Kyoto Biken Laboratories   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli; Colisepticemia; Japan; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; JAPAN; POULTRY DISEASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34748831736     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2007)51[656:VFOAPE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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