Escherichia coli O157:H7 in microbial flora of sheep

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 431-433

  Kudva, Indira T ^a   Hatfield, Patrick G ^b   Hovde, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030025179     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.431-433.1996     Document Type: Article

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