Genetic diversity among Campylobacter jejuni isolates from pets in Ireland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 102-106

  Acke, E ^a,b   McGill, K ^a   Lawlor, A ^a   Jones, B R ^a   Fanning, S ^a   Whyte, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRICETINAE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC VARIATION; IRELAND;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 76549096298     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c357     Document Type: Article

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