Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance among isolates of Escherichia coli O157: H7 from feces and hides of super-shedders and low-shedding pen-mates in two commercial beef feedlots

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stanford, Kim ^a   Agopsowicz, Chelsey A ^a   McAllister, Tim A ^b  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; E. coli O157:H7; PFGE; Super shedder

Indexed keywords

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SKIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84866565568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-178     Document Type: Article

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