Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in bulk milk samples from dairy bovine, ovine, caprine, and camel herds in iran as determined by polymerase chain reaction

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-310

  Rahimi, Ebrahim ^a   Ameri, Mehrdad ^b   Karim, Guity ^c   Doosti, Abbas ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREEDING; CAMEL; COW; COXIELLA BURNETII; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOAT; HOST; IRAN; MILK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRYING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GOATS; IRAN; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79551606982     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0684     Document Type: Article

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