Indirect transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Occurs readily among swine but not among sheep

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2488-2491

  Cornick, Nancy A ^a   Vukhac, Hung ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; CONTAMINATION;

RUMINANTS; SWINE MANURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; PIG; RUMINANT; SHEEP;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MANURE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SWINE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 42349100516     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02897-07     Document Type: Article

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