Impact of reducing the level of wet distillers grains fed to cattle prior to harvest on prevalence and levels of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feces and on hides

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1611-1617

  Wells, J E ^a   Shackelford, S D ^a   Berry, E D ^a   Kalchayanand, N ^a   Bosilevac, J M ^a   Wheeler, T L ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SKIN; SOLUBILITY; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SKIN; SOLUBILITY; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053910034     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-160     Document Type: Article

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