Isolation and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) from calves and lambs with diarrhoea in India

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Wani, S A ^a   Bhat, M A ^a   Samanta, I ^a   Nishikawa, Y ^b   Buchh, A S ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calves; Diarrhoea; EPEC; India; Lambs; Multiplex PCR; STEC

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CALF; DIARRHEA; E. COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDIA; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; LAMB; MULTIPLEX PCR; SEROGROUPS; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INDIA; LAMB; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMB; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0043270557     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01364.x     Document Type: Article

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