Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Clostridium perfringens isolates from necrotic enteritis outbreaks in broiler chicken populations

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3957-3964

  Chalmers, G ^a   Bruce, H L ^b,d   Hunter, D B ^a   Parreira, V R ^a   Kulkarni, R R ^a   Jiang, Y F ^a   Prescott, J F ^a   Boerlin, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Nutreco Canada Agresearch   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; NARASIN; NICARBAZIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN PFOS; SALINOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANADA; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPB2 GENE; EPIDEMIC; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NETB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TPEL GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; ONTARIO; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 57349161970     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01548-08     Document Type: Article

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