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Article: Limited intake, low grain diets may reduce colonic bacteria. (Nutrition and health/beef).
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- Feedstuffs
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- December 17, 2001
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Contamination of beef carcasses with pathogenic bacteria has been a major food safety concern. Researchers have been developing and testing new pre-and post-slaughter methods to reduce this exposure.
Because undigested starch may reach the colon of finishing steers fed high-grain diets, it has been reported that switching cattle from high-grain diets prior to slaughter may reduce the prevalence of both generic and acid-resistant Escherichia coli.
Similar research at the University of Nebraska confirmed these results by showing that when steers consumED dry-rolled corn (DRC), high-moisture corn (HMC) or wet corn gluten feed (WCGF) or were switched to ...