Arcobacter population dynamics in pigs on farrow-to-finish farms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1732-1738

  De Smet, Sarah ^a   De Zutter, Lieven ^a   Debruyne, Lies ^a   Vangroenweghe, Frédéric ^b   Vandamme, Peter ^a   Houf, Kurt ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CARE FLANDERS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; FECAL SAMPLES; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOTYPIC DIVERSITY; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MULTIPLEX PCR; TRANSMISSION ROUTE;

PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FARMS;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXCRETION; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ARCOBACTER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWINE;

ARCOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 79953171539     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02409-10     Document Type: Article

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