Genetic analysis of Streptococcus suis isolates recovered from diseased and healthy carrier pigs at different stages of production on a pig farm

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 396-398

  Luque, Inmaculada ^a   Blume, Verena ^b   Borge, Carmen ^a   Vela, Ana I ^b   Perea, J A ^a   Márquez, José M ^a   Fernández Garayzábal, José F ^b   Tarradas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carriers; Pigs; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Serotyping; Streptococcus suis; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 78649757039     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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