Enterococcus hirae-associated endocarditis outbreaks in broiler flocks: Clinical and pathological characteristics and molecular epidemiology

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-17

  Velkers, F C ^a   van de Graaf Bloois, L ^b   Wagenaar, J A ^a,b   Westendorp, S T ^c   van Bergen, M A P ^b   Dwars, R M ^a   Landman, W J M ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Poultry Practice 'West Nederland' ^*  (Netherlands)

^d GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broilers; Endocarditis; Enterococcus hirae; PCR; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRD DISEASE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BROILER; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE ASSOCIATED ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 80054729486     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2011.570107     Document Type: Article

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