Fatal yersiniosis in farmed deer caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:3 encoding a mannosyltransferase-like protein WbyK

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-359

  Zhang, Shuping ^a,b   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^a   Bingham, Willie ^a   Wilson, Floyd ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer; Fatal yersiniosis; O antigen gene; wbyK; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; FATALITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DEER; FATAL OUTCOME; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

EID: 54549111325     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000318     Document Type: Article

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