Bacterial osteomyelitis in a 3-week-old broiler chicken associated with enterococcus hirae

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1134-1137

  Kolbjornsen O ^a   David, B ^a   Gilhuus, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

broiler; endocarditis; Enterococcus hirae; histopathology; osteomyelitis; poultry

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; NORWAY; OSTEOMYELITIS; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GALLUS GALLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80054767225     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985810396513     Document Type: Article

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