Risk factors associated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ontario beef cow-calf operations

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 106-115

  Cernicchiaro, N ^a   Pearl, D L ^a   Ghimire, S ^b   Gyles, C L ^a   Johnson, R P ^c   LeJeune, J T ^d   Ziebell, K ^c   McEwen, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cow calf operations; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349295155     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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