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Comparison of diversities of Escherichia coli O157 shed from a cohort of spring-born beef calves at pasture and in housing.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2005
Vali Leila, Pearce Michael C, Wisely Karen A, Hamouda Ahmed, Knight Hazel I, Smith Alastair W, Amyes Sebastian G B
Abstract excerpt
A cohort of spring-born beef calves demonstrated limited genetic and phenotypic diversity of Escherichia coli O157 when kept in a state of isolation. Despite this, there was a difference in the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and phage types of isolates shed by cattle at pasture compared with those shed by the same cattle when weaned and housed.
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