Factors associated with cross-contamination of hides of Scottish cattle by Escherichia coli O157

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6313-6319

  Mather, A E ^a,b   Reid, S W J ^b   McEwen, S A ^a   Ternent, H E ^b   Reid Smith, R J ^a,c   Boerlin, P ^a,c   Taylor, D J ^b   Steele, W B ^b   Gunn, G J ^d   Mellor, D J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS; CLEANING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARMS; HEALTH RISKS; LANDING; OPERATING ROOMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CATTLE HIDES; COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; LANDING AREAS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIABLE MODELS; ODDS RATIOS; PUBLIC HEALTHS; RANDOM EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEVERAL VARIABLES; UNIVARIATE;

CONTAMINATION;

CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TOXIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEALTH HAZARD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SHIGA TOXINS; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 54949145381     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00770-08     Document Type: Article

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