Prevalence and virulence gene profiles of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli from diarrhoeic and healthy lambs in India

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Bhat, M A ^a   Nishikawa, Y ^b   Wani, S A ^c  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; EPEC; Healthy; Lambs; Multiplex PCR; STEC

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 37449003010     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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