A Longitudinal Study to Describe the Presence of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and Salmonella spp in Feedlot Cattle Pens

Authors

  • D. R. Smith Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
  • R. A. Moxley Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
  • S. Hinkley Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
  • T. J. Klopfenstein Department of Animal Science Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20025029

Keywords:

Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp, feedlot cattle, feeding period

Abstract

The objective of this study was to use a novel diagnostic strategy to describe the presence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp in pens of feedlot cattle over the course of the feeding period.

Cover image of the 35th Conference Proceedings: Holstein cows standing in a row at a fence. A small group of cattle are bunched together in a pen. Yellow background.

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Published

2002-09-26

Issue

2002

Section

Research Summaries - Beef

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