Potential effect of cattle diets on the transmission of pathogenic Escherichia coli to humans

Microbes Infect. 2000 Jan;2(1):45-53. doi: 10.1016/s1286-4579(00)00286-0.

Abstract

Grain feeding seems to promote the growth and acid resistance of Escherichia coli in fattening beef cattle, and acid-resistant E. coli are more likely to survive the human gastric stomach. When cattle were fed hay for only five days, the number and acid resistance of E. coli decreased dramatically.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acids / pharmacology
  • Animal Feed*
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Edible Grain
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / transmission
  • Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary
  • Escherichia coli O157 / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli O157 / growth & development*
  • Gastric Acid / physiology
  • Humans
  • Poaceae
  • Stomach / chemistry
  • Stomach / microbiology

Substances

  • Acids