Incidence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains in beef, pork, chicken, deer, boar, bison, and rabbit retail meat

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-258

  Magwedere, Kudakwashe ^a   Dang, Huu Anh ^a   Mills, Edward W ^a   Cutter, Catherine N ^a   Roberts, Elisabeth L ^a   DebRoy, Chitrita ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game meat; retail meat; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; stx; wzx

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875315149     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638713477407     Document Type: Article

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