Escherichia coli cattle feeds

Diez-Gonzalez F, Callaway T R, Kizoulis M G and Russell J B (1998). Grain feeding and the dissemination of acid-resistent Escherichia coli from cattle . Science, 281, 1666-1668. 

Franz, E., van Diepeningen, A.D., de Vos, O.J. and van Bruggen, A.H.C. 2005. Effects of cattle feeding regimen and soil management type on the fate of Escherichia coli O157 H7 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in manure, manure-amended soil, and lettuce. Applied Environmental Microbiology 71 6165-6174. 

Nitrofurans (NFs) are synthetic chemotherapeutic agents effective in the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal infections caused by Escherichia Coli and Salmonella spp. Administered orally, usually as feed additives, they are widely used in treating cows, cattle, pigs, and poultry. 

Bach, S. J., Wang, Y., and McAllister, T. A. (2008). Effect of feeding sun-dried seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) on fecal shedding of Escherichia coli 0157 H7 by feedlot cattle and on growth performance of lambs. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 142,17-32. 

Jacob, M. E., Fox, J. T., Drouillard, J. S., Renter, D. G., and Nagaraja, T. G. (2009b). Evaluation of feeding dried distiller s grains with solubles and dry-rolled corn on the fecal prevalence of Escherichia coli 0157 H7 and Salmonella spp. in cattle. Foodborne Pathog. Dis. 6,145-153. 

Schamberger, G. P., Phillips, R. L., Jacobs, J. L., and Diez-Gonzalez, F. (2004). Reduction of Escherichia coli 0157 H7 populations in cattle by addition of colicin E7-producing E. coli to feed. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70, 6053-6060. 

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