A Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence, Incidence and Duration of Fecal Shedding of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 by Feedlot Cattle

Authors

  • D. R. Smith Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  • R. A. Moxley Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  • J. D. Folmer Department of Animal Science, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  • S. M. Younts Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  • M. Khaitsa Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  • J. T. Gray USDA, ARS, Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, Athens, GA
  • S. Hinkley Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  • L. L. Hungerford Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  • T. J. Klopfenstein Department of Animal Science, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20015273

Keywords:

E. coli, fecal shedding, feeding period, feedlot, pens

Abstract

Escherichia coli O157:H7 appears ubiquitous to pens of feedlot cattle; however, the percentage of cattle shedding the organism within different feedlot pens has been observed to vary widely over time and space.1 The objective of this study was to describe the variability of E. coli O157:H7 fecal shedding within contiguous pens of cattle over the course of the feeding period.

Cover image of the 34th Conference Proceedings: Four men on horseback lead a single cow through a pen. Yellow background.

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Published

2001-09-13

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2001

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