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E. coli O157 from sheep in northeast Scotland: prevalence, concentration shed, and molecular characterization by multilocus variable tandem repeat analysis.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Sept 2009
Solecki Olivia, MacRae Marion, Strachan Norval, Lindstedt Bjørn-Arne, Ogden Iain
Abstract excerpt
We report the prevalence, concentrations, and strain diversity of Escherichia coli O157 shed by sheep fed on root crops during a winter period in northeast Scotland. E. coli O157 was isolated on 6 farms from 14 studied during January to March 2005. The individual sheep prevalence was 5.8% and concentration excreted was <10(2) colony-forming units/g for all but one fecal sample. Verocytotoxigenic E. coli O157,...
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