Prevalence and characteristics of eae-positive Escherichia coli from healthy cattle in Japan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5690-5692

  Kobayashi, Hideki ^a   Miura, Akihiko ^b   Hayashi, Hiroko ^a   Ogawa, Torata ^c   Endô, Takayuki ^d   Hata, Eiji ^a   Eguchi, Masashi ^a   Yamamoto, Kôsi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Chuo Livestock Hyg Center   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka Chuo Livestock Hyg Center   (Japan)

^d Okitama Livestock Hygiene Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREQUENCIES;

RECTAL STOOL;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CATTLE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FECAL COLIFORM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE EAE; GENE STX1; GENE STX2; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AGING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

JAPAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141704427     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5690-5692.2003     Document Type: Article

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