Virulence repertoire of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) from diarrhoeic lambs of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 705-710

  Bandyopadhyay, Samiran ^a   Mahanti, Achintya ^b   Samanta, I ^b   Dutta, T K ^c   Ghosh, Monoj K ^a   Bera, A K ^d   Bandyopadhyay, Subhasis ^d   Bhattacharya, D ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON YAK   (India)

^b WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

^c CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

ETEC; India; Lamb; PCR; STEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79651469053     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9757-1     Document Type: Article

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