Characterization of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolates from poultry, pigs, emus, the poultry red mite and other animals

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Eriksson, Helena ^a   Jansson, Désirée S ^a   Johansson, Karl Erik ^a,b   Båverud, Viveca ^a   Chirico, Jan ^a   Aspán, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Erysipelothrix sp.; PFGE; Pigs; Poultry; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTIOFUR; ENROFLOXACIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; OXACILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CHICKEN; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; DIGESTION; EMU; ERYSIPELAS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POULTRY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESERVOIR; RRNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SWINE; TYPE STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DROMAIIDAE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; HARES; MITES; PHOCA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROTYPING;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; AVES; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; DROMAIIDAE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX SP.; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 67349109418     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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