Isolation and characterization of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 from slaughter pigs and poultry

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 67-75

  Heuvelink, A E ^a   Zwartkruis Nahuis, J T M ^a   Van Den Biggelaar, F L A M ^a   Van Leeuwen, W J ^b   De Boer, E ^a  

^a Inspectorate for Health Protection   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken; Escherichia coli O157; Pig; Turkey

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TONSIL; TURKEY (BIRD); VERO CELL;

ABATTOIRS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; RECTUM; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TONSIL; TURKEYS; VERO CELLS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032831445     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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