Shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli distribution and characterization in a pasture-based cow-calf production system

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 722-731

  Baltasar, Patrícia ^a   Milton, Stewart ^b   Swecker Jr , William ^b   Elvinger, François ^a   Ponder, Monica ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84899499378     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-420     Document Type: Article

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