Spatial and temporal drivers of zoonotic pathogen contamination of an agricultural watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 242-252

  Jokinen, Cassandra C ^a   Edge, Thomas A ^b   Koning, Wendell ^c   Laing, Chad R ^a   Lapen, David R ^d   Miller, Jim ^d   Mutschall, Steven ^a   Scott, Andrew ^d   Taboada, Eduardo N ^a   Thomas, James E ^e   Topp, Edward ^d   Wilkes, Graham ^d   Gannon, Victor P J ^a  

^a Lab for Foodborne Zoonoses   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ALBERTA; ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL MANURE; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BACTEROIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE ANALYSIS; E.COLI O157:H7; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FECAL INDICATORS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA SPP; SPATIAL FACTORS; TOTAL RAINFALL; UPSTREAM SITES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANURES; RIVERS; SALMONELLA; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

PATHOGENS;

SURFACE WATER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; STANDARD; TIME; WATER FLOW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SUIDAE;

AGRICULTURE; ALBERTA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84857085167     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0203     Document Type: Article

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