Verotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) in faeces from cattle slaughtered in Germany;Verotoxin-bildende E. coli (VTEC) im kot von schlachtrindern aus Deutschland

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 121-127

  Richter, H ^a,c   Klie, Helma ^a,c   Timm, Marita ^a,c   Gallien, P ^a,c   Steinruck H ^b,c   Perlberg, K W ^a,c   Protz, D ^a,c  

^a Bundesinstitut F G   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Bundesinstitut F G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC); Faeces; Verotoxin producing E. coli (VTEC)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; VEROTOXIN 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MEAT; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I;

EID: 0031111082     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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