Variation in the persistence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in experimentally inoculated 6-week-old conventional lambs

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1032-1040

  Cookson, Adrian L ^a,c   Wales, Andrew D ^b   Roe, John M ^b   Hayes, Christine M ^b   Pearson, Geoffrey R ^b   Woodward, Martin J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; INOCULATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAMB; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036908502     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-12-1032     Document Type: Article

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