Comparison of E. coli O157 and Shiga toxin-encoding genes (stx) prevalence between Ohio, USA and Norwegian dairy cattle

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 19-24

  LeJeune, Jeffrey T ^a   Hancock, Dale ^b   Wasteson, Yngvild ^c   Skjerve, Eystein ^c   Urdahl, Anne Margrete ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

E. coli O157; Food safety; Shigatoxin; STEC

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NORWAY; OHIO; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXINS;

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

EID: 33646440452     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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