Surveillance of dairy production holdings supplying raw milk to the farmhouse cheese sector for Escherichia coli O157, O26 and O111

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 358-365

  Murphy, M ^a,b   Buckley, J F ^a   Whyte, P ^b   O'Mahony, M ^c   Anderson, W ^c   Wall, P G ^b   Fanning, S ^b  

^a Forward Planning and Strategic Development   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

E. coli O157, O26 and O111; Milk filter; Non O157 E. coli; Raw (unpasteurized) milk; Raw (unpasteurized) milk products

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEESE; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASTITIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEESE; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MASTITIS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHIGA TOXINS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CAPRA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS;

EID: 36448987981     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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