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Application of a Real‐Time PCR‐Based System for Monitoring of O26, O103, O111, O145 and O157 Shiga Toxin‐Producing Escherichia coli in Cattle at Slaughter
21 Feb 2012
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Faecal samples were collected from 573 slaughtered cattle aged between three and 24 months in seven abattoirs. After enrichment (mTSB with novobiocin), samples were screened by real-time PCR first for stx and if positive, tested for the top-five Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroups using PCR assays targeting genes specific for serogroups O26, O103, O111, O145 and O157. Of 563 samples with...
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