Atypical strains of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in beef cattle at slaughter in Veneto region, Italy

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 301-306

  Conedera, G ^a   Marangon, S ^a,d   Chapman, P A ^b   Zuin, A ^a   Caprioli, A ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d Centro Regionale di Epidemiologia Veterinaria   (Italy)

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