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Prevalence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli virulence genes from scouring piglets in Zimbabwe.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Oct 2009
Madoroba Evelyn, Van Driessche Edilbert, De Greve Henri, Mast Jan, Ncube Ignatious, Read John, Beeckmans Sonia
Abstract excerpt
World-wide, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC)-induced diarrhea are economically important for porcine producers. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of toxin and fimbrial genes among E. coli isolated from diarrheic piglets from randomly selected piggeries in Zimbabwe. We used multiplex PCR for screening STa, STb, LT, and Stx-2e toxins. Subsequently F4, F5, F6, F18 and...
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