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High genetic diversity among extraintestinal Escherichia coli isolates in pullets and layers revealed by a longitudinal study.
BMC veterinary research - 7 Oct 2016
Paudel Surya, Stessl Beatrix, Hess Claudia, Zloch Angelika, Hess Michael
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Various information about the genetic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from chickens are available but a detailed epidemiological investigation based upon isolates obtained from interrelated pullet and layer flocks is still missing. Therefore, in the course of a longitudinal epidemiological study on pullets and layers, 144 E. coli isolates from chickens with or without pathological lesions of...
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