Verocytotoxin-producing E coli 026 infection in calves [1]

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 159-

  Milnes, A S ^a   Pritchard, G C ^b   Sprigings, K ^b   Futter, R ^b   Willshaw, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 33746938865     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.5.159     Document Type: Letter

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