Comparison of cultures from rectoanal-junction mucosal swabs and feces for detection of Escherichia coli O157 in dairy heifers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3766-3770

  Davis, Margaret A ^a,b   Rice, Daniel H ^a,b,c   Sheng, Haiqing ^a   Hancock, Dale D ^b   Besser, Thomas E ^b   Cobbold, Rowland ^b   Hovde, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Food Laboratory Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

DAIRY HEIFERS; FECAL CULTURE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; RECTOANAL MUCOSAL SWAB (RAMS); RECTOANAL-JUNCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CULTURE; FECAL COLIFORM;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES CULTURE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRODUCT RECOVERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTOANAL MUCOSAL SWAB; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECTUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646544681     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.5.3766-3770.2006     Document Type: Article

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