Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Diversity of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates from a Longitudinal Study of Beef Cattle Feedlots

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1619-1627

  Galland, John C ^a   Hyatt, Doreene R ^a,c   Crupper, Scott S ^a,d   Acheson, David W ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035319652     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1619-1627.2001     Document Type: Article

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