Clonality and virulence traits of Escherichia coli associated with haemorrhagic septicaemia in turkeys

Avian Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 587-595

  Olsen, R H ^a   Chadfield, M S ^a   Christensen, J P ^a   Scheutz, F ^b   Christensen, H ^a   Bisgaard, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; DENMARK; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; TURKEYS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84858324335     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2011.618942     Document Type: Article

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