Article
Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in fecal samples of finished pigs at slaughter in Switzerland.
Journal of food protection - 1 Feb 2006
Kaufmann M, Zweifel C, Blanco M, Blanco J E, Blanco J, Beutin L, Stephan R
Abstract excerpt
Fecal samples from 630 slaughtered finisher pigs were examined by PCR to assess the shedding of Escherichia coli O157 (rfbE) and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC, stx). The proportion of positive samples was 7.5% for rfbE and 22% for stx. By colony hybridization, 31 E. coli O157 and 45 STEC st...
Topics
- Abattoirs
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Carrier State
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli O157
- Feces
- Genotype
- Immunoblotting
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Shiga Toxins
- Swine
- Switzerland
- Virulence