Identification of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and other pathogenic Brachyspira species in chickens from laying flocks with diarrhea or reduced production or both

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 593-600

  Feberwee, Anneke ^a   Hampson, David J ^b   Phillips, Nyree D ^b   La, Tom ^b   Van Der Heijden, Harold M J F ^a   Wellenberg, Gerard J ^a   Dwars, R Marius ^c   Landman, Wil J M ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA ALVINIPULLI; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INNOCENS; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA MURDOCHII; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; BRACHYSPIRA PULLI; CHICKEN; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSENTERY; EGG PRODUCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRACHYSPIRA; CECUM; CHICKENS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AVES; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA ALVINIPULLI; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INNOCENS; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA MURDOCHII; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; BRACHYSPIRA PULLI; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 38949118655     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01829-07     Document Type: Article

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