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Pre-slaughter handling of cattle and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 May 2001
Midgley J, Desmarchelier P
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AIMS: The aim of the study was to monitor the shedding and transmission of generic and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in a consignment of cattle during lot feeding. METHODS AND RESULTS: Faecal and environmental samples were tested for total E. coli and screened with PCR specific for Shiga toxin and O157 rfb. STEC were isolated using colony hybridization and characterized by serology and genotyping....
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