Bacteriological and histopathological
investigations of liver abscesses

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Bacteriological and histopathological investigations of liver abscesses

Lechtenberg, K.F.; Nagaraja, T.G.; Leipold, H.W.

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Publication Date: 1986

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1986, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March, 1986
Starting Page: 26, Ending Page: 27
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

Fusobacterium necrophorum was the predominant bacterial isolate from 49 liver abscesses. Biotype A tended to occur in pure infections and produced a more severe tissue reaction than biotype B, which tended to occur as a mixed infection.

Keywords: Beef; Liver abscesses; Bacteria

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6785

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