Re-shaping models of E. coli population dynamics in livestock faeces: Increased bacterial risk to humans?

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Oliver, David M ^a   Page, Trevor ^a   Heathwaite, A Louise ^a   Haygarth, Philip M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle faeces; Die off; E. coli; Grazing; Growth; Health; Pathogen; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; DIES; FORECASTING; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEALTH; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PATHOGENS; SOILS;

CATTLE FAECES; DIE-OFF; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI GROWTHS; FIRST ORDER KINETIC EQUATIONS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; GRAZING; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FECES; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BEEF CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HEALTH HAZARD; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MANURE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

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

EID: 71549166996     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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