A longitudinal study of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in two dairy goat herds

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 428-434

  Orden, J A ^a   Cortes C ^a   Horcajo, P ^a   De la Fuente, R ^a   Blanco, J E ^b   Mora, A ^b   Lopez C ^b   Blanco, J ^b   Contreras, A ^c   Sanchez A ^c   Corrales, J C ^c   Dominguez Bernal G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy goats; Longitudinal study; Verotoxin producing Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FECES; GOAT; HERD; INTESTINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53549129490     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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