Risk factors for Escherichia coli O157 on beef cattle ranches located near a major produce production region

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-93

  Benjamin, L A ^a   Jay Russell, M T ^a   Atwill, E R ^a   Cooley, M B ^b   Carychao, D ^b   Larsen, R E ^c   Mandrell, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Escherichia coli O157; multi locus variable number tandem repeat analysis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEEF CATTLE; CLIMATE; CROP PRODUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; HERD; HUMIDITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RANGELAND; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WIND; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84918505698     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814000521     Document Type: Article

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