Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in faeces, skin and carcasses from sheep and goats in Ethiopia

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Mersha, G ^a   Asrat, D ^b   Zewde, B M ^c   Kyule, M ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass contamination; E. coli O157:H7; Ethiopia; Goat; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; PUBLIC RISKS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SKIN; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WASHING; WOOL;

BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; CEFIXIME-TELLURITE; CONTROL MEASURES; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN INFECTION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NOVOBIOCIN; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; SKIN SAMPLES; TRYPTIC SOY BROTHS; WATER SAMPLES;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGAR; CEFIXIME; NOVOBIOCIN; SORBITOL;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT; SAMPLING; SKIN; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROTH DILUTION; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ETHIOPIA; FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOAT; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SKIN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 72149106184     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02757.x     Document Type: Article

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