Escherichia coli concentrations in feces of Geese, coots, and gulls residing on recreational water in the Netherlands

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 601-603

  Meerburg, Bastiaan G ^a   Koene, Miriam G J ^a   Kleijn, David ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birds; E. coli; Risk analysis; Vector; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DUCKS AND GEESE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; NETHERLANDS; RECREATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RALLIDAE;

EID: 79959486849     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0218     Document Type: Article

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