Characterization of virulence factors in Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheic and healthy calves in Austria shedding various enteropathogenic agents

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Herrera Luna, C ^a   Klein, D ^a   Lapan, G ^b   Revilla Fernandez, S ^b   Haschek, B ^a   Sommerfeld Stur, I ^a   Moestl, K ^a   Baumgartner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calves; Cattle; Diarrhoea; Enteropathogens; Escherichia coli; Shiga toxin; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINE CORONAVIRUS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EIMERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; KLEBSIELLA; PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A; SALMONELLA;

EID: 67650188933     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/3080-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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