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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

Colibacillosis is an economically important syndromic disease of poultry caused by extra-intestinal avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) but the pathotype remains poorly defined. Combinations of virulence-associated genes (VAGs) have aided APEC identification. The intestinal microbiota is a pote...

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Autores principales: Kemmett, Kirsty, Humphrey, Tom, Rushton, Steven, Close, Andrew, Wigley, Paul, Williams, Nicola J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067749