Intermittent shedding of thermophilic campylobacters by sheep at pasture

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 531-536

  Jones, Keith ^a   Howard, S ^c   Wallace, J S ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERS; HIGH RATE; LOW RATES; SALT MARSHES; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS;

FARMS;

BACTERIUM; FECES; SHEEP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FECES; FEEDING; LAMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; SHEEP; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033037177     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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