Evaluation of dietary influences on Escherichia coli O157:H7 shedding by sheep

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3878-3886

  Kudva, Indira T ^a   Hunt, Carl W ^a   Williams, Christopher J ^a   Nance, Ursula M ^a   Hovde, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FAECAL BACTERIA; SHEEP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD CHAIN; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030768073     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3878-3886.1997     Document Type: Article

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