A longitudinal study of Escherichia coli O157 in fourteen cattle herds

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-195

  Hancock, D D ^a   Besser, T E ^a   Rice, D H ^a   Herriott, D E ^b   Tarr, P I ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030945464     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268896007212     Document Type: Article

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