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Genomic and phenotypic characterization of Escherichia coli isolates recovered from the uterus of puerperal dairy cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Dec 2009
Silva E, Leitão S, Tenreiro T, Pomba C, Nunes T, Lopes da Costa L, Mateus L
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The role of Escherichia coli in the pathogenesis of the puerperal uterine infection of the cow is largely unknown. It is proposed that E. coli favors the persistence of Arcanobacterium pyogenes and gram-negative bacteria that are pivotal to the establishment of the infection. Here, we report the genomic and phenotypic characteristics of 72 E. coli isolates recovered from the uterus of dairy cows with normal...
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