Prevalence and characteristics of Escherichia coli O157 in sheep at slaughter in Switzerland;Bedeutung von Escherichia coli O157 beim schlachtschaf in der Schweiz

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 289-295

  Zweifel, C ^a   Kaufmann, M ^a   Blanco, J ^b   Stephan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

E. coli O157; Prevalence; Sheep; Slaughter animals; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; PAA;

EID: 33745188197     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.148.6.289     Document Type: Article

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