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Lambs are an important source of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in southern Brazil.
Veterinary microbiology - 30 Nov 2016
Martins Fernando H, Guth Beatriz E C, Piazza Roxane M F, Elias Waldir P, Leão Sylvia C, Marzoa Juan, Dahbi Ghizlane, Mora Azucena, Blanco Miguel, Blanco Jorge, Pelayo Jacinta S
Abstract excerpt
Food-producing animals can harbor Escherichia coli strains with potential to cause diseases in humans. In this study, the presence of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) was investigated in fecal samples from 130 healthy sheep (92 lambs and 38 adults) raised for meat in southern Brazil. EPEC was detected in 19.2% of the sheep examined, but only lambs were found to be positive. A total of 25 isolates was characterized...
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