Association between virulence factors of Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium necrophorum, and Arcanobacterium pyogenes and uterine diseases of dairy cows

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 125-131

  Bicalho, M L S ^a   Machado, V S ^a   Oikonomou, G ^a   Gilbert, R O ^a   Bicalho, R C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcanobacterium pyogenes; Dairy cows; Endometritis; Escherichia coli; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Metritis; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN A; FIMBRIA A PROTEIN; FIMBRIA H PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; LEUKOTOXIN; LEUKOTOXIN A; PYOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENDOMETRITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; METRITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOMETRITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; LACTATION; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM;

EID: 84859723867     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.11.034     Document Type: Article

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