Characterization of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolates from laying hens and poultry red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) from an outbreak of erysipelas

Avian Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 505-509

  Eriksson, Helena ^a,b   Brännström, Sara ^a,b   Skarin, Hanna ^a   Chirico, Jan ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MITES; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SWEDEN;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE;

EID: 78650109450     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.518313     Document Type: Article

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