Verocytotoxin-producing escherichia coli 026 in raw water buffalo (bubalus bubalis) milk products in italy

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1705-1708

  Lorusso, Vanessa ^a   Dambrosio, Angela ^a   Quaglia, Nicoletta Cristiana ^a   Parisi, Antonio ^b   La Salandra, Giovanna ^b   Lucifora, Giuseppe ^c   Mula, Giuseppina ^d   Virgilio, Sebastiano ^d   Carosielli, Leonardo ^e   Rella, Addolorata ^f   Dario, Marco ^a   Normanno, Giovanni ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c Stituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Del Mezzogiorno   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^e ASL FG/3   (Italy)

^f ASL BA DSS N 5   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68949092285     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.8.1705     Document Type: Article

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