Identification of virulence factors by multiplex PCR in Escherichia coli isolated from calves in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1783-1790

  Andrade, Giovanna I ^a   Coura, Fernanda M ^a   Santos, Ethiene L S ^a   Ferreira, Marina G ^a   Galinari, Grazielle C F ^a   Facury Filho, Elias J ^a   de Carvalho, Antônio U ^a   Lage, Andrey P ^a   Heinemann, Marcos B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calf; Diarrhoea; Escherichia coli, Virulence genes; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866159899     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0139-8     Document Type: Article

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