Failure to detect transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from orally dosed nannies to sucking kids at foot

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 659-661

  La Ragione, R M ^a   Ahmed, N M Y ^a   Best, A ^a   Clifford, D ^a   Weyer, U ^a   Woodward, M J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BREEDING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOAT; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; SUCKING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157-H7;

EID: 28644438483     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.21.659     Document Type: Article

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