Effect of sand and sawdust bedding materials on the fecal prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in dairy cows

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 326-330

  LeJeune, Jeffrey T ^a   Kauffman, Michael D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; SAWDUST;

DAIRY COWS; DAIRY FARMS; LIVESTOCK BEDDING; SAWDUST BEDDING MATERIALS;

SAND;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DAIRY FARMING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BED; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAND; SAWDUST; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DUST; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WOOD;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; PATHOGENS; SAW DUST;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 12244297785     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.326-330.2005     Document Type: Article

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