First bovine and ovine isolations of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O103:H2 in Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-290

  Bettelheim, K A ^a   Hornitzky, M A ^b   Djordjevic, S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS;

SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035317326     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb11985.x     Document Type: Article

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