Alternative sampling to establish the Escherichia coli O157 status on beef cattle farms

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 205-210

  Cobbaut, Katrijn ^a   Houf, Kurt ^a   Douidah, Laïd ^a   Van Hende, Johan ^a   De Zutter, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternative samples; Beef cattle; E. coli O157; Farm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE FARMING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 51649098967     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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