Virulence genotyping of Escherichia coli isolates from avian cellulitis in relation to phylogeny

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Ghanbarpour, Reza ^a   Salehi, Mahmood ^a   Oswald, Eric ^b  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Broiler; Cellulitis; E. coli; Genotyping; Phylogenetic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950479084     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0837-4     Document Type: Article

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