Molecular characterization of Clostridium perfringens isolated from broiler chickens in Egypt

Bioscience Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 2312-2317

  El Yazeed, Heidy Abo ^a   Amal Nader, A ^b   Eman Fathy, F ^b   El Hariri, Mahmoud ^a   Elhelw, Rehab ^a   Soliman, Rafik ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; Gastrointestinal tract; Haemolysis; In broiler chickens; Primer sequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054241700     PISSN: 18119506     EISSN: 22183973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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