Isolation of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 from water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in southern Italy

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 382-383

  Galiero, G ^a   Conedera, G ^b   Alfano, D ^a   Caprioli, A ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEROTYPING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 17144362200     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.12.382     Document Type: Article

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