Characterization and antimicrobial resistance analysis of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from Italian turkey flocks

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2661-2667

  Giovanardi, Davide ^a   Lupini, Caterina ^b   Pesente, Patrizia ^a   Rossi, Giulia ^a   Ortali, Giovanni ^c   Catelli, Elena ^b  

^a Laboratorio Tre Valli   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Agricola Tre Valli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance profile; Escherichia coli; Random amplification of polymorphic DNA; Turkey; Virulence gene

Indexed keywords

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84884321958     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03194     Document Type: Article

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