Effect of intensity of fecal pat sampling on estimates of Escherichia coli O157 prevalence

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2023-2027

  Echeverry, Alejandro ^a   Loneragan, Guy H ^b   Wagner, Bruce A ^c   Brashears, Mindy M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Agriculture   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; TEXAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645239274     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.2023     Document Type: Article

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