Toxinotyping of necrotic enteritis-producing and commensal isolates of Clostridium perfringens from chickens fed organic diets

Avian Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-481

  Brady, Jessica ^a   Hernandez Doria, Juan D ^a   Bennett, Carlyle ^b   Guenter, Wilhelm ^a   House, James D ^a   Rodríguez Lecompte, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; ORGANIC FARMING; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTERITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; MANITOBA; NECROSIS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 78650151796     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.521141     Document Type: Article

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