Escherichia coli O157: H7 causes bloody diarrhea and potentially fatal systemic sequelae in
humans. Cattle are most frequently identified as the primary source of infection, and E. coli …

Escherichia coli O157: H7 is an important cause of diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and
potentially fatal human illness. Cattle are considered a primary reservoir of infection, and …

Nine weaned calves (6 to 8 weeks of age) were given 10 (10) CFU of a five-strain mixture of
enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 by oral-gastric intubation. After an initial brief …

The human pathogen Escherichia coli O157: H7 causes hemorrhagic colitis and life-
threatening sequelae and transiently colonizes healthy cattle at the terminal rectal mucosa …

Dairy cattle have been identified as a principal reservoir of Escherichia coli O157: H7. The
fate of this pathogen in bovine feces at 5, 22, and 37 degrees C was determined. Two levels …

Long-duration consistently Escherichia coli O157: H7 culture-positive cattle were euthanized
and necropsied. Tissue and digesta from along the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) were cultured …

Cattle are considered to be a reservoir host of Escherichia coli O157 [ratio] H7 and
contaminated foods of bovine origin are important vehicles of human infection. In this study …

Abstract Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 was first implicated in human
disease in the early 1980s, with ruminants cited as the primary reservoirs. Preliminary …

Experimentally inoculated sheep and cattle were used as models of natural ruminant
infection to investigate the pattern of Escherichia coli O157: H7 shedding and …

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli serotype O157: H7 is a pathotype of diarrheagenic E.
coli that produces one or more Shiga toxins, forms a characteristic histopathology described …