Longitudinal molecular epidemiological study of thermophilic campylobacters on one conventional broiler chicken farm

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-107

  Ridley, Anne M ^a   Morris, Victoria K ^b   Cawthraw, Shaun A ^a   Ellis Iversen, Johanne ^a,c   Harris, Jillian A ^b   Kennedy, Emma M ^a   Newell, Diane G ^a,d   Allen, Vivien M ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

^d Foodborne Zoonoses Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE FECES; BROILER CHICKENS; BROILER FLOCKS; CAMPYLOBACTERS; DAIRY FARMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; INFECTION MODELS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTI-SPECIES; POULTRY FARMS; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS;

ANIMALS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; STRAIN;

FARMS;

COLONIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POULTRY; SAMPLING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING;

AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; CAMPYLOBACTER; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79251642296     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01388-10     Document Type: Article

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