Effect of diet on the concentration of complex Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and EHEC virulence genes in bovine faeces, hide and carcass

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-216

  Gilbert, Rosalind Ann ^a,b   Denman, Stuart Edward ^a,b   Padmanabha, Jagadish ^a,b   Fegan, Narelle ^a   Al Ajmi, Dawood ^c   McSweeney, Christopher S ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Cattle and Beef Quality ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine; cSTEC; Diet; STEC

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAIN; HIGH FIBER DIET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIETARY FIBER; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLASSES; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SKIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37849051041     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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