Identification of management risk factors for VTEC O157 in young-stock in England and Wales

Johanne Ellis-Iversen; Richard P. Smith; Lucy C. Snow; Eamon Watson; Michael F. Millar; Geoff C. Pritchard; Anthony R. Sayers; Alasdair J. C. Cook; Sarah J. Evans; Giles A. Paiba

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.05.004

Identification of management risk factors for VTEC O157 in young-stock in England and Wales

Johanne Ellis-Iversen, Richard P. Smith, Lucy C. Snow, Eamon Watson, Michael F. Millar, Geoff C. Pritchard, Anthony R. Sayers, Alasdair J. C. Cook, Sarah J. Evans, Giles A. Paiba

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Abstract

We conducted a cross-sectional study on 255 cattle farms in England and Wales to identify risk factors for verocytotoxin-producing E. coli O157 (VTEC). Exposure variables were collected at the levels of the farm and of the group of young-stock within the farms. On each farm a group of young-stock (6-18 months of age) was sampled to establish VTEC status.In our multiple logistic regression, farm VTEC status was associated with access to springs (OR: 0.31, CI_95%: 0.12, 0.78) and assessing the wetness of the bedding material less frequently than daily (OR: 3.89 CI_95%: 1.5, 10.2). At group-level we found no associated risk factors for animals housed outdoors in fields. Significant for groups housed in pens were wet bedding (wet OR: 3.43, CI_95%: 1.3, 9.4; very wet OR: 4.24, CI_95%: 1.2, 14.6), number of animals in the group (10-15 OR: 2.72, CI_95%: 0.75, 9.9, 16-24, OR: 3.78, CI_95%: 1.2, 12.3; >25 OR: 3.78, CI_95%: 1-1, 12.7) and feeding straw (OR: 2.29, CI_95%: 1.2, 5.5).

Original language	English
Journal	Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Volume	82
Issue number	1-2
Pages (from-to)	29-41
Number of pages	13
ISSN	0167-5877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.05.004
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cattle
Risk factor
STEC
VTEC
Zoonoses

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Identification of management risk factors for VTEC O157 in young-stock in England and Wales. / Ellis-Iversen, Johanne; Smith, Richard P.; Snow, Lucy C.; Watson, Eamon; Millar, Michael F.; Pritchard, Geoff C.; Sayers, Anthony R.; Cook, Alasdair J. C.; Evans, Sarah J.; Paiba, Giles A.

In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Vol. 82, No. 1-2, 2007, p. 29-41.

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