A Longitudinal Study Simultaneously Exploring the Carriage of APEC Virulence Associated Genes and the Molecular Epidemiology of Faecal and Systemic E. coli in Commercial Broiler Chickens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kemmett, Kirsty ^a   Humphrey, Tom ^a   Rushton, Steven ^b   Close, Andrew ^b   Wigley, Paul ^a   Williams, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN COLIBACILLOSIS; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROILER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84879352863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067749     Document Type: Article

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