Pyelonephritis in slaughter pigs and sows: Morphological characterization and aspects of pathogenesis and aetiology

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Isling, Louise K ^a   Aalbæk, Bent ^a   Schrøder, Malene ^b   Leifsson, Páll S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Fluisense ApS ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

MUCOPROTEIN; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN; TAMM-HORSFALL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PYELONEPHRITIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MUCOPROTEINS; NEUTROPHILS; PYELONEPHRITIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77955410173     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-52-48     Document Type: Article

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