Testing of swine feces obtained through the National Animal Health Monitoring System's Swine 2000 study for the presence of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1489-1492

  Feder, Ingrid ^a,d   Gray, Jeffrey T ^b,e   Pearce, Rachel A ^a,f   Fratamico, Pina M ^a   Bush, Eric ^c   Porto Fett, Anna ^a   Wallace, F Morgan ^a,g   Fedorka Cray, Paula J ^b   Luchansky, John B ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Departments of Pathology and Food Science ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Ireland)

^g DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 34250370068     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.6.1489     Document Type: Article

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