Specific Strains of Escherichia coli Are Pathogenic for the Endometrium of Cattle and Cause Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Cattle and Mice

• I. Martin Sheldon ,

  * E-mail: I.M.Sheldon@swansea.ac.uk

  Affiliation Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Andrew N. Rycroft,

  Affiliation Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Belgin Dogan,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

  ⨯
• Melanie Craven,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

  ⨯
• John J. Bromfield,

  Affiliation Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Alyssa Chandler,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

  ⨯
• Mark H. Roberts,

  Affiliation Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Sian B. Price,

  Affiliation Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Robert O. Gilbert,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

  ⨯
• Kenneth W. Simpson

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

  ⨯