Listeriosis outbreak in dairy cattle caused by an unusual Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4B strain

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-158

  Bundrant, Brittany N ^a   Hutchins, Tony ^b   den Bakker, Henk C ^a   Fortes, Esther ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b Farm Veterinary Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Multilocus sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 78651517528     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063871102300130     Document Type: Article

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