Abstract
Fecal samples from cows and calves and samples of water sources were collected monthly for 8 months from 10 Kansas cow-calf farms to determine the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7. The bacterium was found in 8% of fecal samples from cows that were within 24 hours of calving, 1.4% of fecal samples from cows which were not within 24 hours of calving, 1.4% of calf fecal samples, and 1.5% of water samples. E. coli O157:H7 was identified from at least one sample on all farms.
Keywords: Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 97-309-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 804, Cattlemen's Day, 1998, Beef, Cow-calf herds, E. coli O157:H7, Bacterial infection
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Sargeant, J., Gillespie, J., Hyatt, D., Galland, J., Bohra, L., Oberst, R. D., Phebus, R. K. & Hays, M. P., (1998) “Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cow-calf herds in Kansas”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 93-95. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1901
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