Molecular identification and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Escherichia coli isolates from sheep faeces samples

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 467-473

  Saei, Habib Dastmalchi ^a   Ahmadi, Elham ^a   Kazemnia, Ali ^a   Ahmadinia, Mehrzad ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns; Escherichia coli; Molecular identification; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864435285     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-010-1134-y     Document Type: Article

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