Enumeration of Escherichia coli O157 in cattle faeces using most probable number technique and automated immunomagnetic separation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-59

  Fegan, N ^a   Higgs, G ^a   Vanderlinde, P ^a   Desmarchelier, P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grain fed cattle; Pasture fed cattle; Quantitative data; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

E. COLI O157; E.COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FAECAL SAMPLES; GRAIN-FEED CATTLE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; PASTURE-FEED CATTLE; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RISKS ASSESSMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; FECES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GRAIN; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; PASTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

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

EID: 0842330007     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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