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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2006, p. 2265-2267, Vol. 72, No. 3
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2265-2267.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Analysis of Feces Samples Collected from a Wild-Bird Garden Feeding Station in Scotland for the Presence of Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157

Geoffrey Foster,1* Judith Evans,2 Hazel I. Knight,2,3 Alastair W. Smith,2,3 George J. Gunn,2 Lesley J. Allison,4 Barti A. Synge,1 and Tom W. Pennycott5

Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Stratherrick Road, Inverness IV2 4JZ,1 Scottish Agricultural College Epidemiology Research Unit, Animal Health Group, Scottish Agricultural College Research, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JG,2 Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG,3 Scottish E. coli O157 Reference Laboratory, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU,4 Avian Health Unit, Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services, Auchincruive, Ayr KA6 5AE, United Kingdom5

Received 1 July 2005/ Accepted 27 December 2005

Composite wild bird feces collected at regular intervals from a garden feeding station in southwest Scotland over a 3-year period were examined for verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157. One sample was positive for Escherichia coli O157. The isolate belonged to phage type 21/28 and possessed vtx2, eaeA, and enterohemorrhagic E. coli hlyA genes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Stratherrick Road, Inverness IV2 4JZ, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-1463-243030. Fax: 44-1463-711103. E-mail: geoffrey.foster{at}sac.co.uk.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2006, p. 2265-2267, Vol. 72, No. 3
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2265-2267.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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