Importance of skin abrasion as a primary site of adhesion for Edwardsiella ictaluri and impact on invasion and systematic infection in channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 425-430

  Menanteau Ledouble, Simon ^a   Karsi, Attila ^a   Lawrence, Mark L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Bioluminescence; Channel catfish; Edwardsiella ictaluri; Enteric septicemia of catfish; Ictalurus punctatus; Invasion; Skin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHANNEL CATFISH; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMERSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SKIN ABRASION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; ICTALURIDAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN; WOUND INFECTION;

EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 79951579497     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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