Article
Phenotypic characterization of intestinal Escherichia coli of pigs during suckling, postweaning, and fattening periods.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 1995
Katouli M, Lund A, Wallgren P, Kühn I, Söderlind O, Möllby R
Abstract excerpt
A highly discriminatory and standardized biochemical fingerprinting method was used to monitor the persistence and colonization of intestinal Escherichia coli isolated from the feces of four sows and their litters (four piglets from each) during the suckling, postweaning, and fattening periods. Altogether, 195 fecal samples were collected and 1,827 E. coli strains were tested (mean number of isolates tested per...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Suckling
- Escherichia coli
- Feces
- Female
- Intestines
- Male
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Swine
