Prevalence of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli and associated virulence genes in feces of commercial feedlot cattle

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 835-841

  Cernicchiaro, Natalia ^a   Cull, Charley A ^a   Paddock, Zachary D ^a,b   Shi, Xiaorong ^a   Bai, Jianfa ^a   Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G ^a   Renter, David G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Feedlot Health Management Services Alberta   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE; EAE GENE; EHXA GENE; FECES ANALYSIS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

O ANTIGEN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; O ANTIGENS; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84884759286     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2013.1526     Document Type: Article

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