European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) challenged with Escherichia coli O157 can carry and transmit the human pathogen to cattle

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 596-601

  Kauffman, M D ^a   LeJeune, J ^a  

^a Food Animal Health Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biosecurity; E. coli O157; European starlings; Food safety

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIRDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARDS;

AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY; BIO-SECURITY; E. COLI O157; E.COLI O157; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EUROPEAN STARLING; FOOD-SAFETY; HUMAN PATHOGENS; VULGARIS;

PATHOGENS;

BIOSAFETY; CATTLE; COHABITATION; COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EXCRETION; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD SAFETY; INOCULATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE DISEASE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTAMINATED ORGANISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMAN; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; STARLING; STURNUS VULGARIS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 81255207559     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03163.x     Document Type: Article

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