Listeria monocytogenes in Faeces from Clinically Healthy Dairy Cows in Sweden

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-171

  Unnerstad, H ^a   Romell, A ^a   Ericsson, H ^a   Danielsson Tham, M L ^a   Tham, W ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonal type; Cow; Faecal samples; Frequency of carriers; Listeria monocytogenes; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Restriction enzyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE APAI; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ASCI; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE XMAI; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033656539     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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