Longitudinal prevalence study of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in dairy calves

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 296-306

  Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Sobjinski, Gisela ^b   Schlapp, Tobias ^c   Failing, Klaus ^b   Weiss, Reinhard ^b   Menge, Christian ^b   Baljer, Georg ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Essex Animal Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. coli; Calf; Diarrhea; EHEC; EPEC; ETEC; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34447498765     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-120-296     Document Type: Article

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