Isolation of Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 from cattle at slaughter in Italy

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-211

  Bonardi, S ^a   Maggi, E ^a   Bottarelli, A ^a   Pacciarini, M L ^b   Ansuini, A ^b   Vellini, G ^c   Morabito, S ^d   Caprioli, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c Serv Vet Via San Marco 1 29100   (Italy)

^d Laboratorio di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle bacteria; Escherichia coli; IMS; Italy

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDASE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INTESTINAL DISEASES; ITALY; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; UREASE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033016206     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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