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  1. Variables Affecting the Environmental Fate, Safety, and Efficacy of Chlorate Salts Proposed for Use in Beef Cattle Production as a Food Safety Tool

  2. Validation of Trichloromelamine (TCM) as an Effective
    Hide Wash Technology

    • Investigators
      Miller, Mark; Brooks, Chance ; Brashears, Mindy; Blanton, Paul; Alvarado, Christine
    • Funding Source
      Nat'l. Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.
    • Start date
      2005
    • End date
      2006

  3. Validation of the use of Citrus Essential Oils as a Post Harvest Intervention against Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. on Beef Carcasses

  4. Validation of Texas Beef Jerky Processing

  5. Validation of SANOVA Treatment on the Aerobic Plate Count (APC), Total Coliform and Generic E. coli Populations of Post-Chill Beef Carcasses

  6. Validation of Sampling Methods to Determine the Prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in Beef Feedlot Cattle

  7. Validation of Environmental Predictors of Salmonella Contamination in Feedlot Environments

    • Investigators
      Arthur, Terrance; Wheeler, Tommy L; Wang, Rong; Loneragan, Guy; Kalchayanand, Norasak; Edrington, Tom; Bosilevac, Joseph M; Brichta-Harhay, Dayna M; Schmidt, John
    • Funding Source
      Nat'l. Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.
    • Start date
      2013
    • End date
      2014

  8. Validation of Antimicrobial Treatments to Reduce E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. in Beef Trim and Ground Beef

  9. Vaccination as an Intervention Strategy for the
    Reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7

  10. Vaccination as an Intervention Strategy for Reduction of
    Escherichia coli O157:H7 during a 45-Day Pre-Conditioning Period

  11. Using Critical Parameters to Ensure Efficacy of Selected Harvest and Fabrication Intervention Strategies Used to Control Escherichia Coli O157:H7 and Salmonella

  12. Use of Shotgun Metagenomic NGS Combined with a Previously developed Bioinformatics Pipeline vs. Traditional Culture/Screening Diagnostics to Evaluate Ecology of AMR and Diagnose Salmonella
    spp. in Cattle Feces Before and After Cetiiofur Metaphylaxis

    • Investigators
      Noyes, Noelle; Morley, Paul; Jones, K; Boucher, C; Belk, Keith
    • Funding Source
      Nat'l. Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.
    • Start date
      2014
    • End date
      2015

  13. Use of Metagenomic High‐Throughput Sequencing Technology and Robust Bioinformatics to Assess the Microbiome of Cattle, Their Environments, and Beef Products to Determine the Degree of Antimicrobial Resistance

    • Investigators
      Geornaras, Ifigenia; Belk, Keith; Morley, Paul; Woerner, Dale
    • Funding Source
      Nat'l. Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.
    • Start date
      2013
    • End date
      2014

  14. Use of Genomic Approaches to Identify Escherichia coli O157:H7 Genes Induced in Cattle

  15. Use of Dentition and Skeletal Maturity to Verify Ages of Cattle Harvested in U.S. Fed Beef Plants

  16. Use of Bovine specific Peptide Arrays for Kinome Analysis to Advance Understanding of Salmonella in the Peripheral Lymph Nodes

  17. The Use of an Experimental Vaccine in Gestating Beef Cows to Reduce the Shedding of E. coli O157:H7 in the Newborn Calf

  18. The use of a yeast fermentation product or an essential oil as an alternative to Tylosin in the diets of finishing cattle

  19. Treatment of Beef Hides with Cetylpyridinium Chloride Solution to Reduce Contamination before Slaughter of Beef Cattle

  20. Tracing Pathogen Contamination through the Post-Harvest Environment

    • Investigators
      Villarreal, Mariana ; Savell, Jeffrey; Lucia, Lisa; Ilhak, Irfan; Harris, Kerri; Genho, Daniel; Castillo, Alejandro; Dickson, James
    • Funding Source
      Nat'l. Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.
    • Start date
      2008
    • End date
      2009

  21. Therapeutic Use of Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid (Excede) and its Impact on Numbers and Susceptibility of Generic E. coli in Feedlot Cattle

  22. Susceptibility of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Listeria monocytogenes, Inoculated onto Beef Tissues, Steaks and RTE Products, to Lactic Acid, Lactoferrin and Activated Lactoferrin

  23. Survey of the Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157-H7 on the Surface of Sub-Primal Cuts of Beef During Winter Months (Phase I)

  24. Survey of the Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on the Surface of Subprimal Cuts of Beef During Summer Months (Phase II)

  25. Survey of pathogen interventions and best practices used by beef harvesters and processors