Wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as potential carriers of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 175-178

  Scaife, H R ^a   Cowan, D ^b   Finney, J ^b   Kinghorn Perry, S F ^c   Crook, B ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED KINGDOM; WILDLIFE;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H-; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33747160720     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.6.175     Document Type: Article

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