Typing of Brachyspira spp. from rodents, pigs and chickens on Swedish farms

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 156-162

  Backhans, A ^a   Jansson, D S ^a,b   Aspan A ^b   Fellstrom C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brachyspira; PFGE; RAPD; RfbBADC; Rodent

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INNOCENS; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA MURDOCHII; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CHICKEN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RODENT; SPIROCHETE; SWEDEN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYSPIRA; CHICKENS; DUCKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INNOCENS; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA MURDOCHII; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; GALLUS GALLUS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 80052522660     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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