Age-dependent competition of porcine enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) with different fimbria genes - Short communication

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-417

  Hur, Jin ^a   Lee, Kyeong ^a   Lee, John ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Fimbriae; Pathogenic Escherichia coli; Piglet

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SUCKLING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS;

EID: 81255173060     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.2011.027     Document Type: Article

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