Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157 in beef and sheep abattoirs in Ireland and characterisation of isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Multi-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-527

  Prendergast, Deirdre M ^a,b   Lendrum, Lynsey ^a   Pearce, Rachel ^a   Ball, Caroline ^a   McLernon, Joanne ^a   O'Grady, Don ^a   Scott, Lourda ^a   Fanning, Seamus ^b   Egan, John ^a   Gutierrez, Montserrat ^a  

^a Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Beef; E. coli O157; MLVA; PFGE; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BEEF; CARCASS; IRELAND; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; IRELAND; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; RECTUM; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650001366     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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