The use of quantitative PCR for identification and quantification of Brachyspira pilosicoli, Lawsonia intracellularis and Escherichia coli fimbrial types F4 and F18 in pig feces

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 307-314

  Stahl M ^a   Kokotovic, B ^a   Hjulsager, C K ^a   Breum, S O ^a   Angen, O ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brachyspira pilosicoli; E. coli F18; E. coli F4; Lawsonia intracellularis; QPCR; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FIMBRIA; LAWSONIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PLOTS AND CURVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRACHYSPIRA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAWSONIA (BACTERIA); LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79960159271     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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