Prevalence, risk factors, O serogroups, and virulence profiles of Shiga toxin-producing bacteria from cattle production environments

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1556-1565

  Renter, David G ^a,b   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^c   Sargeant, Jan M ^a,e   Hungerford, Laura L ^c   Berezowski, John ^b   Ngo, Thao ^d   Williams, Karen ^c   Acheson, David W K ^c,d,f  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 24644498053     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.8.1556     Document Type: Article

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