Weissella sp. outbreaks in commercial rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farms in Brazil

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 359-366

  Figueiredo, H C P ^a   Costa, F A A ^a   Leal, C A G ^a   Carvalho Castro, G A ^a   Leite, R C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Pathogenesis; Septicemia; Transmission; Weissella sp.

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; NORFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RNA 16S; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAINBOW TROUT; RNA SEQUENCE; WEISSELLA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WEISSELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POSIBACTERIA; WEISSELLA;

EID: 84858752427     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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