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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 984813, 6 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/984813
Research Article

A Survey for Escherichia coli Virulence Factors in Asymptomatic Free-Ranging Parrots

André Becker Saidenberg,1 Neiva Maria Robaldo Guedes,2 Gláucia Helena Fernandes Seixas,3 Mariangela da Costa Allgayer,4 Erica Pacífico de Assis,5 Luis Fabio Silveira,5 Priscilla Anne Melville,1 and Nilson Roberti Benites1

1Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508 270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2Programa de MDR, Universidade Anhanguera-UNIDERP, and Projeto Arara-azul, 79051 660 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
3Projeto Papagaio-verdadeiro, Fundação Neotrópica do Brasil, 79290 000 Bonito, MS, Brazil
4Universidade Luterana do Brasil, 92425 900 Canoas, RS, Brazil
5Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508 090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Received 19 April 2012; Accepted 20 May 2012

Academic Editors: M. H. Kogut and A. Pratelli

Copyright © 2012 André Becker Saidenberg et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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