Effects of farm manure-handling practices on Escherichia coli O157 prevalence in cattle

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-366

  Hancock, Dale D ^a   Rice, Daniel H ^a   Herriott, Donald E ^b   Besser, Thomas E ^a   Ebel, Eric D ^c   Carpenter, Linda V ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c U States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

cattle; E. coli O157; epidemiology; forage crops; grazing; manure; pasture

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030905144     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.4.363     Document Type: Article

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