Short communication: Detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in healthy cattle and pigs in Lima, Peru 1

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1166-1169

  Rivera, F P ^a   Sotelo, E ^a   Morales, I ^a   Menacho, F ^a   Medina, A M ^a   Evaristo, R ^a   Valencia, R ^a   Carbajal, L ^a   Ruiz, J ^b,c   Ochoa, T J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Peru; Pig; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERU; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; PERU; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84857243856     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4662     Document Type: Article

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