Prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli and enteric Helicobacter in domestic and free living birds in north-western Italy

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 425-431

  Robino, P ^a   Tomassone, L ^a   Tramuta, C ^a   Rodo, M ^a   Giammarino, M ^b   Vaschetti, G ^b   Nebbia, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Centro Cicogne e Anatidi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Helicobacter; Poultry; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CORVIDAE; GALLIFORMES; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER CANADENSIS; HELICOBACTER PULLORUM; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 77956512866     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281/a000094     Document Type: Article

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