Prevalence and clonal nature of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on dairy farms in Wisconsin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1519-1525

  Faith, N G ^a   Shere, J A ^a,b   Brosch, R ^a   Arnold, K W ^a   Ansay, S E ^a   Lee, M S ^a   Luchansky, J B ^a,c   Kaspar, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0029901333     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1519-1525.1996     Document Type: Article

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