Potentially zoonotic shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroups in the faeces and meat of food-producing animals in Ibadan, Nigeria

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 214-221

  Ojo, O E ^a   Ajuwape, A T P ^b   Otesile, E B ^a   Owoade, A A ^b   Oyekunle, M A ^a   Adetosoye, A I ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Food producing animals; Meat; Nigeria; STEC serogroups; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENROFLOXACIN; HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; CATTLE FARMING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GOAT; HYGIENE; MEAT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PORK; PREVALENCE; SHEEP FARMING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GOATS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIGERIA; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 77955659955     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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