Grazing intensity is a poor indicator of waterborne Escherichia coli O157 activity

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 330-333

  Thorn, C E ^a   Quilliam, R S ^a   Williams, A P ^a   Malham, S K ^a   Cooper, D ^b   Reynolds, B ^b   Jones, D L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal waste; Aquatic pollution; Fecal coliforms; Land use; Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA); Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BREEDING; CATCHMENT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REINFECTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84655167566     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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