An investigation on first-week mortality in layers

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Olsen, R H ^a   Frantzen, C ^b   Christensen, H ^a   Bisgaard, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Videncentret for Landbrug   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Escherichia coli; first week mortality; genetic diversity

Indexed keywords

ATPA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DENMARK; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHICKENS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENMARK; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84859297450     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9777-051011-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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