Escherichia coli feedlot cattle

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Brashears, M.M., Galyean, M.L., Mann, J.E., Killinger-Mann, K., and Loneragan, G. 2003a. Reduction of Escherichia coli 0157 and improvement in performance in beef feedlot cattle with a Lactobacillus direct fed microbial. J. Food Prot. 66, 748-754. 

Arthur, T. M., Keen, J. E., Bosilevac, J. M., Brichta-Harhay, D. M., Kalchayanand, N., Shackelford, S. D., Wheeler, T. L., Nou, X., and Koohmaraie, M. (2009). Longitudinal study of Escherichia coli 0157 H7 in a beef cattle feedlot and role of high-level shedders in hide contamination. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75, 6515-6523. 

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. 

Berg, J., McAllister, T., Bach, S., Stilborn, R., Hancock, D., and Lejeune, J. (2004). Escherichia coli 0157 H7 excretion by commercial feedlot cattle fed either barley- or corn-based finishing diets. /. Food Prot. 67, 666-671. 

Berry, E. D. and Miller, D. N. (2005). Cattle feedlot soil moisture and manure content II. Impact on Escherichia coli 0157. /. Environ. Qual. 34, 656-663. 

Brown-Brandl, T. M., Berry, E. D., Wells, J. E., Arthur, T. M., and Nienaber, J. A. (2009). Impacts of individual animal response to heat and handling stresses on Escherichia coli and E. coli 0157 H7 fecal shedding by feedlot cattle. Foodborne Pathog. Dis. 6, 855-864. 

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Cobbold, R. N., Flancock, D. D., Rice, D. FI., Berg, J., Stilborn, R., Hovde, C. J., and Besser, T. E. (2007). Rectoanal junction colonization of feedlot cattle by Escherichia coli 0157 H7 and its association with supershedders and excretion dynamics. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73,1563-1568. 

Fox, J. T., Depenbusch, B. E., Drouillard, J. S., and Nagaraja, T. G. (2007b). Dry-rolled or steam-flaked grain-based diets and fecal shedding of Escherichia coli 0157 in feedlot cattle. /. Anim. Sci. 85,1207-1212. 

Epidemiology of Escherichia coli 0157 in feedlot cattle.. Pood Prot. 60,462-465. 

Peterson, R. E., Klopfenstein, T. J., Erickson, G. E., Folmer, J., Hinkley, S., Moxley, R. A., and Smith, D. R. (2007a). Effect of Lactobacillus acidophilus strain NP51 on Escherichia coli 0157 H7 fecal shedding and finishing performance in beef feedlot cattle. /. Food Prot. 70, 287-291. 

Smith, D., Blackford, M., Younts, S., Moxley, R., Gray, J., Hungerford, L., Milton, T., and Klopfenstein, T. (2001). Ecological relationships between the prevalence of cattle shedding Escherichia coli 0157 H7 and characteristics of the cattle or conditions of the feedlot pen. /. Food Prot. 64,1899-1903. 

Stephens, T. P., Loneragan, G. H., Karunasena, E., and Brashears, M. M. (2007b). Reduction of Escherichia coli 0157 and Salmonella in feces and on hides of feedlot cattle using various doses of a direct-fed microbial. J. Food Prot. 70, 2386-2391. 

Tabe, E. S., Oloya, J., Doetkott, D. K., Bauer, M. L., Gibbs, P. S., and Khaitsa, M. L. (2008). Comparative effect of direct-fed microbials on fecal shedding of Escherichia coli 0157 H7 and Salmonella in naturally infected feedlot cattle. /. Food Prot. 71, 539-544. 

Wells, J. E., Berry, E. D., and Varel, V. H. (2006). Effects of essential oils on viability of Escherichia coli 0157 H7 in treated beef cattle manure slurries and on prevalence from treated feedlot surfaces. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1), 356-357. 

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