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Emergency euthanasia of cattle challenged with Escherichia coli O157:H7 - A case study for evaluating the response to an infectious disease outbreak

In the event of an infectious disease outbreak in cattle, carcasses must be disposed of in a rapid and contained manner. This brief communication details injection of a barbiturate to euthanize cattle inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 followed by carcass composting in a manner that prevents t...

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Autores principales: Gilroyed, Brandon H., Reuter, Tim, Kastelic, John P., McAllister, Tim A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Veterinary Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3615226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388438
http://dx.doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2013.14.1.103
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description In the event of an infectious disease outbreak in cattle, carcasses must be disposed of in a rapid and contained manner. This brief communication details injection of a barbiturate to euthanize cattle inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 followed by carcass composting in a manner that prevents the spread of infectious agents.
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spelling pubmed-36152262013-04-08 Emergency euthanasia of cattle challenged with Escherichia coli O157:H7 - A case study for evaluating the response to an infectious disease outbreak Gilroyed, Brandon H. Reuter, Tim Kastelic, John P. McAllister, Tim A. J Vet Sci Case Report In the event of an infectious disease outbreak in cattle, carcasses must be disposed of in a rapid and contained manner. This brief communication details injection of a barbiturate to euthanize cattle inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 followed by carcass composting in a manner that prevents the spread of infectious agents. The Korean Society of Veterinary Science 2013-03 2013-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3615226/ /pubmed/23388438 http://dx.doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2013.14.1.103 Text en © 2013 The Korean Society of Veterinary Science. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Emergency euthanasia of cattle challenged with Escherichia coli O157:H7 - A case study for evaluating the response to an infectious disease outbreak
title_full Emergency euthanasia of cattle challenged with Escherichia coli O157:H7 - A case study for evaluating the response to an infectious disease outbreak
title_fullStr Emergency euthanasia of cattle challenged with Escherichia coli O157:H7 - A case study for evaluating the response to an infectious disease outbreak
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title_short Emergency euthanasia of cattle challenged with Escherichia coli O157:H7 - A case study for evaluating the response to an infectious disease outbreak
title_sort emergency euthanasia of cattle challenged with escherichia coli o157:h7 - a case study for evaluating the response to an infectious disease outbreak
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