Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in sheep and preslaughter lambs in eastern Australia

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-339

  Fegan, N ^a   Desmarchelier, P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARMS; GENES; SIGNAL ENCODING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

E. COLI; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ENCODINGS; GENES ENCODING; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

HEMOLYSIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARCASS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LAMB; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SHEEP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032894507     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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