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Longitudinal study of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli shedding in sheep feces: persistence of specific clones in sheep flocks.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2009
Sánchez Sergio, Martínez Remigio, García Alfredo, Blanco Jorge, Blanco Jesús E, Blanco Miguel, Dahbi Ghizlane, López Cecilia, Mora Azucena, Rey Joaquín, Alonso Juan M
Abstract excerpt
To provide information on the persistence and maintenance of colonization with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in sheep, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of STEC isolates (n = 145) belonging to serogroups O5, O91, and O146 from 39 healthy animals was performed in a 12-month longitudinal study carried out with four sheep flocks. At the flock level as well as the individual-animal level, the...
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