Characterization of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from healthy fat-tailed sheep in southeastern of Iran

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 641-648

  Ghanbarpour, Reza ^a   Kiani, Mojtaba ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Non O157; Sheep; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

ADHESIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84872817671     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0271-5     Document Type: Article

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