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Horizontal transmission of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli within groups of dairy calves
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Horizontal transmission of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli within groups of dairy calves

R Cobbold and P Desmarchelier
Applied and environmental microbiology, Vol.68(8), pp.4148-4152
08/2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.68.8.4148-4152.2002
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116690
PMCID: PMC124009
PMID: 12147524
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https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.68.8.4148-4152.2002View
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Abstract

Cattle Diseases - microbiology Cattle Diseases - transmission Prevalence Escherichia coli Infections - microbiology Disease Transmission, Infectious - veterinary Feces - microbiology Animals Cattle Escherichia coli - isolation & purification Escherichia coli Infections - transmission Dairying Escherichia coli - metabolism Escherichia coli Infections - veterinary Shiga Toxin - biosynthesis
To examine the dissemination of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) within cattle groups, dairy calves on two farms utilizing different calf-rearing practices were exposed to a traceable STEC strain. Test strain dissemination differed significantly between farms, with a higher prevalence being associated with group penning. Pen floors and calf hides may be the main environmental mechanisms of transmission. Dairy calf husbandry represents a control point for reducing on-farm STEC prevalence.

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