Cattle-level risk factors associated with fecal shedding of Shiga toxin-encoding bacteria on dairy farms, Minnesota, USA

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-156

  Cho, Seongbeom ^a   Fossler, Charles P ^a   Diez Gonzalez, Francisco ^a   Wells, Scott J ^a   Hedberg, Craig W ^a   Kaneene, John B ^b   Ruegg, Pamela L ^c   Warnick, Lorin D ^d   Bender, Jeffrey B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e 136F Andrew Boss Laboratory Meat Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HERD; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING BACTERIUM; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

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EID: 66549120197     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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