Risk factors for Escherichia coli O157 shedding and super-shedding by dairy heifers at pasture

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1004-1015

  Williams, K J ^a   Ward, M P ^a   Dhungyel, O P ^a   Hall, E J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Shiga like toxin producing E. coli

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SUPER SHEDDING; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY CONDITION SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAY LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEIFER; HIDE CONTAMINATION; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PASTURE GROWTH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84924577848     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001630     Document Type: Article

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