Use of model super-shedders to define the role of pen floor and hide contamination in the transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 237-244

  Stanford, K ^a   Stephens, T P ^a   McAllister, T A ^b  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157:H7; Feedlot cattle; Hide; Super shedder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BUILDING; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SKIN; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERINEUM; SKIN; TIME;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650973416     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3088     Document Type: Article

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