Identification of management risk factors for VTEC O157 in young-stock in England and Wales

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-41

  Ellis Iversen, Johanne ^a   Smith, Richard P ^a   Snow, Lucy C ^a   Watson, Eamon ^b   Millar, Michael F ^b   Pritchard, Geoff C ^b   Sayers, Anthony R ^a   Cook, Alasdair J C ^a   Evans, Sarah J ^a   Paiba, Giles A ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA ^*

^c DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Risk factor; STEC; VTEC; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548438891     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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