Investigation into the effectiveness of pooled fecal samples for detection of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in cattle

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Arnold, Mark E ^a,c   Ellis Iversen, Johanne ^a   Cook, Alasdair J C ^a   Davies, Robert H ^b   McLaren, Ian M ^b   Kay, Anthony C S ^c   Pritchard, Geoff C ^c  

^a Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Food and Environmental Safety ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Modeling; Pooled samples; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LOGISTIC MODELS;

EID: 54049155152     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000104     Document Type: Article

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