Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli from the faeces of sheep, calves and pigs

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 292-293

  Sidjabat Tambunan, H ^a   Bensink, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COLITIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031110706     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1997.tb10100.x     Document Type: Article

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