Factors associated with the presence of coliforms in the feed and water of feedlot cattle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6026-6032

  Sanderson, Michael W ^a   Sargeant, Jan M ^a,d   Renter, David G ^a   Griffin, D Dee ^b   Smith, Robert A ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; PH EFFECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SURVEYS; WATER;

COLIFORMS; FECAL MATERIALS; FEED RATIONS; FEEDLOT CATTLE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 26844504711     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6026-6032.2005     Document Type: Article

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