'Super' or just 'above average'? Supershedders and the transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 among feedlot cattle

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 110, 2015, Pages

  Spencer, Simon E F ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^b   Cobbold, Rowland N ^c   French, Nigel P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Cattle diseases epidemiology; Escherichia coli infections veterinary; Supershedder

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; RISK PERCEPTION;

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; CATTLE DISEASE; DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; RISK OF TRANSMISSIONS; SUPERSHEDDER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; NONHUMAN; RISK; STOCKING DENSITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84942052605     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0446     Document Type: Article

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