Design and evaluation of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous identification of genes for nine different virulence factors associated with Escherichia coli that cause diarrhea and edema disease in swine

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-30

  Casey, Thomas A ^a   Bosworth, Brad T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic assay; Edema disease; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Porcine diarrhea; Virulence factors; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 58249123507     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870902100104     Document Type: Article

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