Isolation of shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O157 from hide surfaces and the oral cavity of finished beef feedlot cattle

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 756-763

  Keen, James E ^a   Elder, Robert O ^a,b  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXINS; SKIN;

EID: 0037088767     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.220.756     Document Type: Article

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