EFFECT OF DIETARY STRESS ON FECAL SHEDDING OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI 0157-H7 IN CALVES

Authors
CRAY WC CASEY TA BOSWORTH BT RASMUSSEN MA
Citation
Wc. Cray et al., EFFECT OF DIETARY STRESS ON FECAL SHEDDING OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI 0157-H7 IN CALVES, Applied and environmental microbiology, 64(5), 1998, pp. 1975-1979
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
64
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1975 - 1979
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1998)64:5<1975:EODSOF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Two groups of calves were subjected to dietary stress by withholding o f food beginning 1 or 14 days after inoculation with 10(10) CFU of Esc herichia coli 0157:H7. Following treatment, neither group had a signif icant increase in fecal shedding of E. coli 0157:H7. A third group of calves had food withheld for 48 h prior to inoculation with 10(7) CFU of E. coli 0157:H7. These calves were more susceptible to infection an d shed significantly more E. coli 0157:H7 organisms than calves mainta ined on a normal diet.