Diet, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and cattle: A review after 10 years

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-80

  Callaway, Todd R ^a   Carr, M A ^b   Edrington, T S ^a   Anderson, Robin C ^a   Nisbet, David J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b National Cattlemen's Beef Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TANNIN;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BARLEY; CATTLE FARMING; DAIRY CATTLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; HAY; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM;

EID: 70349187109     PISSN: 14673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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