Distribution and characterization of faecal necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli CNF1+ and CNF2+ isolated from healthy cows and calves

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 183-192

  Blanco, Miguel ^a   Blanco, Jesús E ^a   Mora, Azucena ^a   Blanco, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cytotoxic necrotizing factors; Escherichia coli; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYTOTOXINS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032536070     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00191-0     Document Type: Article

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