Pathological changes caused by avian pathogenic Escherichia coliwith 4, 5 and 6 virulence associated genes in commercial broilers chickens

• Main Authors: Zainal Abidin, Nurul Syuhada, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Zakaria, Zunita, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Bejo, Siti Khairani
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65046/1/PA-45.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65046/

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) strains were isolated from commercial broiler chickens in Johor and Melaka with clinical signs and gross lesions of E. coli infection. The isolates were molecularly characterized using multiplex PCR. APEC isolates with virulent associate genes (VAG) of 4 (Iss...