Frequency of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in cattle at a breeding farm and at a slaughterhouse in Japan

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-309

  Shinagawa, Kunihiro ^a   Kanehira, Masahiko ^a   Omoe, Katsuhiko ^a   Matsuda, Ibuki ^a   Hu, Dong Liang ^a   Widiasih, Dyah Ayu ^a   Sugii, Shunji ^b  

^a Dept Vet Med Fac Agric I   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cattle; Escherichia coli; PCR; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; JAPAN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034308015     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00246-7     Document Type: Article

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