Distribution of shiga-toxigenic escherichia coli 0157 in the gastrointestinal tract of naturally 0157-shedding cattle at necropsy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5278-5281

  Keen, James E ^b   Laegreid, William W ^c   Chitko McKown, Carol G ^a   Durso, Lisa M ^d   Bono, James L ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d USDA Agricultural Research Service Lincoln Nebraska   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; TOXIGENIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; BOVINAE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H-;

EID: 77955583354     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00400-10     Document Type: Article

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