Vaccinating cattle for E. coli O157:H7 has, in theory, long been a favorite pre-harvest intervention strategy for consumers, and now Kansas State University has found it appears to work. K State has found a commercial
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Cargill Field Tests E. coli Vaccine
A dozen or so feedlots around the Fort Morgan, CO beef plant owned by Cargill Meat Solutions have been enlisted in a field trial for a vaccine against E. coli O157:H7.
The plan, according to
Field Tests Planned for E. coli Vaccines
Whether new vaccines against E. coli O157:H7 can work well enough to be economically viable could be decided by new large field trials that are just getting underway.
Two vaccines are in trial. Willmar, MN-based