Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in range beef calves at weaning

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-298

  Laegreid, W W ^a   Elder, R O ^a   Keen, J E ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; KANSAS; MISSOURI; MONTANA; NEBRASKA; PREVALENCE; SOUTH DAKOTA;

EID: 0032708867     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002757     Document Type: Article

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