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A one-year longitudinal study of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 fecal shedding in a beef cattle herd.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Dec 2019
Rhades L C, Larzábal M, Bentancor A, García J Sabio Y, Babinec F J, Cataldi A, Amigo N, Baldone V N, Urquiza L, Delicia P J, Fort M C
Abstract excerpt
Bovines are the primary reservoir of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 and the main source of its transmission to humans. Here, we present a one-year longitudinal study of fecal shedding of E. coli O157. E. coli O157 obtained from recto-anal mucosal samples were characterized by multiplex PCR. The E. coli O157 prevalence ranged from 0.84% in July to 15.25% in November. The confinement within pens...
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