A three-year study of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 on a farm in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 779-784

  Ezawa, Ayako ^a   Gocho, Fumie ^a   Saitoh, Miyuki ^a   Tamura, Toshiki ^a   Kawata, Koji ^a   Takahashi, Tatsuhumi ^a   Kikuchi, Naoya ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; EHEC O157; Environment; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC SCREENING; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

EID: 4344668467     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.779     Document Type: Article

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