Transmission and quantification of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in dairy cattle and calves

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-123

  Schouten, J M ^a,b   Graat, E A M ^a   Frankena, K ^a   Van Zijderveld, F ^a   De Jong, M C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FIELD STUDY; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; SHIGA TOXINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57649131150     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000320     Document Type: Article

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