Applicability of a multiplex PCR to detect O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, and O157 serogroups of Escherichia coli in cattle feces 1

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 381-388

  Paddock, Zachary ^a   Shi, Xiaorong ^a   Bai, Jianfa ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Feces; Multiplex PCR; Shiga toxin producing e. coli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; O ANTIGENS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84858750853     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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