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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2004, p. 6944-6947, Vol. 70, No. 11
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6944-6947.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Wild Birds and Rodents in Close Proximity to Farms

Eva Møller Nielsen,1* Marianne N. Skov,1,{dagger} Jesper J. Madsen,2 Jens Lodal,3 Jørgen Brøchner Jespersen,3 and Dorte L. Baggesen1

Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research,1 Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,2 Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Lyngby, Denmark3

Received 28 March 2004/ Accepted 16 July 2004

ABSTRACT

Wild animals living close to cattle and pig farms (four each) were examined for verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC; also known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli). The prevalence of VTEC among the 260 samples from wild animals was generally low. However, VTEC isolates from a starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and a Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) were identical to cattle isolates from the corresponding farms with respect to serotype, virulence profile, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type. This study shows that wild birds and rodents may become infected from farm animals or vice versa, suggesting a possible role in VTEC transmission.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. Phone: 45 3268 3644. Fax: 45 3268 8238. E-mail: emn{at}ssi.dk.

FOOTNOTES

{dagger} Present address: University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2004, p. 6944-6947, Vol. 70, No. 11
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6944-6947.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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