Characterization of Climical and Commensal Escherichia coli Isolates from an Integrated Turkey Operation

Pathogenic E. coli infections cause approximately one quarter of disease losses in commercial turkey flocks. A small subgroup of E. coli causes most infections. Epidemiologic studies of this disease have been hindered by a lack of reliable markers to discriminate between pathogenic and fecal E. coli...

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Main Author: Altekruse, Sean Fitzgerald
Other Authors: Veterinary Medical Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29668
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11192001-144315/