Prevalence and characterization of Escherichia coli O157 isolates from Minnesota dairy farms and county fairs

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-259

  Cho, Seongbeom ^a   Bender, Jeffrey B ^a   Diez Gonzalez, Francisco ^a   Fossler, Charles P ^a   Hedberg, Craig W ^a   Kaneene, John B ^b   Ruegg, Pamela L ^c   Warnick, Lorin D ^d   Wells, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33244483047     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.2.252     Document Type: Article

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