Intermittent Escherichia coli O157:H7 colonisation at the terminal rectum mucosa of conventionally-reared lambs

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Best, Angus ^a   Clifford, Derek ^a   Crudgington, Bentley ^a   Cooley, William A ^a   Nunez, Alejandro ^a   Carter, Ben ^b   Weyer, Ute ^a   Woodward, Martin J ^a   Ragione, Roberto M La ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; IVOC; Lymphoid; Ovine; Terminal rectum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EXPLANT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; LAMB; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; RECTUM MUCOSA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RECTUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CARRIER STATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RECTUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58249123370     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008047     Document Type: Article

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