Prevalence of VTEC O157 in dairy and veal herds and risk factors for veal herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 301-310

  Berends, I M G A ^a   Graat, E A M ^b   Swart, W A J M ^a   Weber, M F ^a   van de Giessen, A W ^c   Lam, T J G M ^a   Heuvelink, A E ^d   van Weering, H J ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle; Escherichia coli; Monitoring; Risk factors; VTEC

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52149122957     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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