The ecological habitat and transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7

SM Chekabab, J Paquin-Veillette… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Since its first description in 1982, the zoonotic life-threatening Shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli O157: H7 has emerged as an important food-and water-borne pathogen …

[PDF][PDF] Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) ecology in cattle and management based options for reducing fecal shedding

TR Callaway, TS Edrington, GH Loneragan, MA Carr… - 2013 - bifsco.org
Cattle can be naturally colonized with foodborne pathogenic bacteria such as Shiga Toxin-
producing E. coli (STEC) in their gastrointestinal tract. While these foodborne pathogens are …

Performance assessment of food safety management systems in animal-based food companies in view of their context characteristics: A European study

PA Luning, K Kirezieva, G Hagelaar, J Rovira… - Food Control, 2015 - Elsevier
Recurrently the question arises if efforts in food safety management system (FSMS) have
resulted in effective systems in animal-based food production systems. The aim of this study …

Serotypes and virulence profiles of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from bovine farms

A Monaghan, B Byrne, S Fanning… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are clinically significant
food-borne pathogens. However, there is a dearth of information on serotype prevalence …

Further development of sample preparation and detection methods for O157 and the top 6 non-O157 STEC serogroups in cattle feces

CC Conrad, K Stanford, TA McAllister, J Thomas… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are food-borne pathogens responsible for
outbreaks of human infections worldwide. Ruminant livestock harbor STEC in their intestinal …

[HTML][HTML] A risk assessment model for Escherichia coli O157: H7 in ground beef and beef cuts in Canada: Evaluating the effects of interventions

BA Smith, A Fazil, AM Lammerding - Food Control, 2013 - Elsevier
A stochastic, quantitative risk assessment model was developed to evaluate the public
health risks associated with consumption of ground beef and beef cuts contaminated with …

Use of low dose e-beam irradiation to reduce E. coli O157: H7, non-O157 (VTEC) E. coli and Salmonella viability on meat surfaces

D Kundu, A Gill, C Lui, N Goswami, R Holley - Meat science, 2014 - Elsevier
This study determined the extent that irradiation of fresh beef surfaces with an absorbed
dose of 1 kGy electron (e-) beam irradiation might reduce the viability of mixtures of O157 …

Pathogenic E. coli from Cattle as a Reservoir of Resistance Genes to Various Groups of Antibiotics

A Tabaran, V Soulageon, F Chirila, OL Reget, M Mihaiu… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance has become a worldwide concern in all public health domains and
reducing the spread has become a global priority. Pathogenic E. coli is responsible for a …

Prevalence of diarrhea-associated virulence genes and genetic diversity in Escherichia coli isolates from fecal material of various animal hosts

A Chandran, A Mazumder - Applied and environmental …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
In order to assess the health risk associated with a given source of fecal contamination using
bacterial source tracking (BST), it is important to know the occurrence of potential pathogens …

Multiplexed Single Intact Cell Droplet Digital PCR (MuSIC ddPCR) Method for Specific Detection of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) in Food Enrichment Cultures

TC McMahon, BW Blais, A Wong… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Foodborne illness attributed to enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), a highly pathogenic
subset of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), is increasingly recognized as a significant …