Concentration and prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 in cattle feces at slaughter

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2444-2447

  Omisakin, F ^a   MacRae, M ^a   Ogden, I D ^a   Strachan, N J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEATS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CATTLE FECES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEAT; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0037545844     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2444-2447.2003     Document Type: Article

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