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Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from broiler chicken flocks in Egypt.
Avian diseases - 1 Sept 2013
Hussein Ashraf H M, Ghanem Ibrahim A I, Eid Amal A M, Ali Mohamed A, Sherwood Julie S, Li Ganwu, Nolan Lisa K, Logue Catherine M
Abstract excerpt
Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) infection is responsible for great economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide and there is increasing evidence of its zoonotic importance. In this study, 219 E. coli isolates from 84 poultry flocks in Egypt, including 153 APEC, 30 avian fecal E. coli (AFEC), and 36 environmental E. coli, were subjected to phylogenetic grouping and virulence genotyping. Additionally,...
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- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Chickens
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Egypt
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field