Comparative evaluation of virulence and pathology of Streptococcus suis serotypes 2 and 9 in experimentally infected growers

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 423-430

  Beineke, Andreas ^a   Bennecke, Katharina ^a   Neis, Christina ^a   Schröder, Charlotte ^a   Waldmann, Karl Heinz ^a   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Valentin Weigand, Peter ^a   Baums, Christoph Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Meningitis; MRP; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL VACCINES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; STRAWBERRY LETHAL YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS;

EID: 39749174962     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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