DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI SEROGROUPS O103, O91, O113, O145, O111, O157, AND O26 IN BEEF CARCASS SWABS, BEEF TRIM, AND GROUND BEEF
Presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O-groups in small and very small beef processing plants and resulting beef products detected by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Edward G Dudley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Edward William Mills, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Chitrita Debroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Strain Specific Differences in the Shiga Toxin-2 Expression and Amplification in Escherichia coli O157:h7 When Coincubated With Non-pathogenic Eschericha coli Strains
Edward G Dudley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor Stephen John Knabel, Committee Member Catherine Nettles Cutter, Committee Member Chitrita Debroy, Committee Member Michael Mugo Mwangi, Special Member
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member Edward G Dudley, Committee Member Luke F Laborde, Committee Member Stephanie Doores, Committee Member Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor Catherine Nettles Cutter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Edward G Dudley, Committee Member Sara Milillo, Committee Member Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Outside Member
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member Edward G Dudley, Committee Member Jasna Kovac, Committee Member Robert F Roberts, Program Head/Chair