Prevalence of pathogenic Escherichia coli in a swine breeding environment in Can Tho province, Vietnam

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-63

  Kobayashi, Hideki ^a,b,c   Khai, Ly Thi Lien ^a   Phan, Tran Thi ^a   Yamasaki, Seishi ^a,c   Taniguchi, Toshiaki ^c  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

AEEC; eae; ETEC; STEC; stx

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038579712     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.37.59     Document Type: Article

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