Prevalence and relatedness of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains in the feces and on the hides and carcasses of U.S. meat goats at slaughter

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4154-4158

  Jacob, M E ^a   Foster, D M ^a   Rogers, A T ^a   Balcomb, C C ^a   Sanderson, M W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; MULTIPLE SAMPLES; PROCESSING PLANTS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARRION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES; GOAT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PROCESSING; RELATEDNESS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MEAT; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

UNITED STATES;

CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879835214     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00772-13     Document Type: Article

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