Multiple sources of Escherichia coli O157 in feedlots and dairy farms in the Northwestern USA

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-19

  Hancock, Dale D ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a   Rice, Daniel H ^a   Ebel, Eric D ^b   Herriott, Donald E ^b   Carpenter, Linda V ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle microbiological diseases; Escherichia coli; USA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIPTERA; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; IDAHO; OREGON; RODENTIA; WASHINGTON; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032536972     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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