Pathogenic and multidrug-resistant Escherichia fergusonii from broiler chicken

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 512-525

  Forgetta, V ^a   Rempel, H ^b   Malouin, F ^c   Vaillancourt, Jr ^c   Topp, E ^d   Dewar, K ^a   Diarra, M S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Escherichia fergusonii; Genome sequence; Multidrug resistance; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84855933002     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01738     Document Type: Article

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