Isolation and characterization of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli serogroups O26, O45, O103, O111, O113, O121, O145, and O157 shed from range and feedlot cattle from postweaning to slaughter

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1052-1061

  Ekiri, Abel B ^a,b   Landblom, Douglas ^c   Doetkott, Dawn ^b   Olet, Susan ^d   Shelver, Weilin L ^e   Khaitsa, Margaret L ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Dickinson Research Extension Center North Dakota State University   (Japan)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; MEAT; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84905492838     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-373     Document Type: Article

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