Faecal shedding of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli in cattle in the Czech Republic

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 149-155

  Alexa, Pavel ^a   Konstantinova, L ^a   Sramkova Zajacova, Z ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

EHEC; Shiga toxin; STEC; Verotoxin; VTEC

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79956292271     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/3152-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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