Ascophyllum nodosumSupplementation: A Preharvest Intervention for Reducing Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. in Feedlot Steers
| Autor: | Kevin R. Pond, Vivien G. Allen, Jr Jr Blanton, K. W. Braden, Markus F. Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Salmonella Animal feed Colony Count Microbial Cattle Diseases Food Contamination Escherichia coli O157 medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Feces Random Allocation Animal science Prevalence medicine Animals Dry matter Escherichia coli Ascophyllum Escherichia coli Infections Skin Salmonella Infections Animal biology biology.organism_classification Animal Feed Enterobacteriaceae Consumer Product Safety Dietary Supplements Feedlot Cattle Female Food Science Food contaminant |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Food Protection. 67:1824-1828 |
| ISSN: | 0362-028X |
| DOI: | 10.4315/0362-028x-67.9.1824 |
| Popis: | Ascophyllum nodosum (Tasco-14) decreased the prevalence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 in animals fed prior to harvest. Tasco-14 was supplemented on a 2% dry matter basis 14 days prior to harvest to determine its effects on EHEC and Salmonella spp. prevalence. Two hundred mixed crossbred steers and heifers (Bos indicus x Bos taurus), in a large commercial finishing facility, served as experimental units. Treatment (TRT, n = 100) animals received a steam-rolled corn-based diet containing 2% Tasco-14 on a dry matter basis, and control (CON, n = 100) animals received only the steam-rolled corn-based diet. Hide swabs and fecal samples were obtained for EHEC and Salmonella spp. evaluations. Animals were sampled 1 day prior to (d - 1) the feeding of Tasco-14 and immediately following exsanguinations. The prevalence of EHEC O157 on hide swabs and in fecal samples (P = 0.0001 and P < 0.0001, respectively) and the prevalence of EHEC O157:H7 on hide swabs and in fecal samples (P < 0.0001 and P < 0.0001, respectively) was reduced by 33 and 36% from d - 1 levels on TRT hide swabs and by 9 and 11% in TRT fecal samples. The prevalence of EHEC O157 and EHEC O157:H7 was reduced by 33 and 36% from d - 1 levels on TRT hide swabs and by 9 and 11% in TRT fecal samples. The prevalence of Salmonella spp. on hide swabs did not change for TRT animals (P = 0.64). CON animals showed an increase in Salmonella spp. prevalence (P < 0.0001) from d - 1 feeding levels on hide swabs. The prevalence of Salmonella spp. increased in both TRT and CON fecal samples when compared to d - 1 levels (P = 0.002). However, TRT samples exhibited a lower (P < 0.05) postfeeding prevalence of Salmonella spp. in fecal samples than did CON samples. Results from this study indicate that 2% Tasco-14 supplementation in feedlot cattle diets reduces EHEC O157 and EHEC O157:H7 prevalence on hide swabs and in fecal samples and may suppress increases in Salmonella spp. |
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