Occurrence and characteristics of virulence genes of Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy dairy cows in Inner Mongolia, China

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 528-534

  Huasai, Simujide ^a   Chen, Aorigele ^a   Wang, Chun Jie ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Tongrige, Bai ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

E. coli; Healthy dairy cow; Multiplex PCR; Serogroup; Virulence gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865006749     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822012000200013     Document Type: Article

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