Prevalence of shiga toxin genes among Escherichia coli strains isolated from pigs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 557-558

  Osek, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXINS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033530305     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.19.557     Document Type: Article

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