Variations in virulence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli demonstrated by the use of a new in vivo infection model

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 368-374

  Pors, Susanne Elisabeth ^a   Olsen, Rikke Heidemann ^a   Christensen, Jens Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Egg laying hens; Escherichia coli; Infection model; Salpingitis peritonitis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVIAN COLIBACILLOSIS; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; LIVER; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PERITONITIS; SALPINGITIS;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EGG-LAYING HENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFECTION MODEL; SALPINGITIS-PERITONITIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; OVIDUCTS; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898408077     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.043     Document Type: Article

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