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Virulence mechanisms of avian fimbriated Escherichia coli in experimentally inoculated chickens.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Nov 1997
Pourbakhsh S A, Boulianne M, Martineau-Doizé B, Fairbrother J M
Abstract excerpt
Virulence mechanisms of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli were investigated by inoculating commercial broiler chickens via the left caudal thoracic air sac with three highly pathogenic and three less pathogenic E. coli isolates. At 6 h postinoculation, all isolates had colonized the respiratory tract (trachea, lungs, and air sacs) and internal organs (liver, spleen, and kidney) of inoculated birds, but bacteria...
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