Evidence of Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in the feces of meat goats at a U.S. slaughter plant

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1626-1629

  Jacob, M E ^a   Foster, D M ^a   Rogers, A T ^a   Balcomb, C C ^a   Shi, X ^b   Nagaraja, T G ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; GOAT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SLAUGHTERING;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GOATS; HUMANS; MEAT; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884681183     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-064     Document Type: Article

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