Effect of dietary stress on fecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in calves

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1975-1979

  Cray Jr , William C ^a   Casey, Thomas A ^a,b   Bosworth, Brad T ^a   Rasmussen, Mark A ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALF; DIETARY STRESS; DISEASE INFECTION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0344447100     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1975-1979.1998     Document Type: Article

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