Prevalence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli serotypes in Australian beef cattle

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1239-1245

  Barlow, Robert Steven ^a   Mellor, Glen Ean ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEEF CATTLE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CEREALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; MEAT; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77958113258     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0574     Document Type: Article

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