Prevalence and characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Swiss raw milk cheeses collected at producer level

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2561-2565

  Stephan, R ^a   Schumacher, S ^a   Corti, S ^a   Krause, G ^b   Danuser, J ^c   Beutin, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Characterization; Prevalence; Raw milk cheese; Shiga toxin producing escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 47149088288     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1055     Document Type: Article

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