Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Isolates Recovered from Fish, a Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina) and the Marine Environment are Capable of Inducing Characteristic Cutaneous Lesions in Pigs

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-372

  Opriessnig, T ^a   Shen, H G ^a   Bender, J S ^a   Boehm, J R ^b   Halbur, P G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b John G Shedd Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

Erysipelothrix spp.; Fish; Harbour seal; Pig

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTION; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; GENOTYPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SKIN DEFECT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FISHES; PHOCA; SEROTYPING; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; PHOCA VITULINA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84876798566     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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