Outbreak of clinical listeriosis in sheep: Evaluation from possible contamination routes from feed to raw produce and humans

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 278-283

  Wagner, M ^a   Melzner, D ^a   Bago Z ^b   Winter, P ^a   Egerbacher, M ^a   Schilcher, F ^c   Zangana, A ^a   Schoder, D ^a  

^a University for Veterinary Medicine   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 32944468769     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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