DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02037-06
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Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feces, gallbladder tissue, and gallbladder swabs of beef cattle at slaughter
Sample date (day-mo-yr) No. of cattle sampled No. (%) of cattle positive Feces Gallbladder mucosal swab Gallbladder mucosal tissue 23-May-05 79 0 0 0 24-May-05 97 0 0 0 31-May-05 83 4 (4.8) 0 0 1-Jun-05 40 5 (12.5) 0 0 7-Jun-05 95 14 (14.7) 1 (1.1) 2 (2.1) 14-Jun-05 114 2 (1.8) 0 1 (0.9) 28-Jun-05 125 1 (0.8) 0 0 5-Jul-05 55 9 (16.4) 0 0 7-Jul-05 97 15 (15.5) 0 0 21-Jul-05 100 5 (5.0) 0 0 25-Jul-05 48 11 (22.9) 0 1 (2.08) Total 933 66 (7.1) 1 (0.1) 4 (0.4) - TABLE 2.
Virulence genes in E. coli O157:H7 isolates from gallbladders of beef cattle
Sample type Presence (+) or absence (−) of gene eaeA stx2 stx1 hlyA fliC Gallbladder mucosal tissue (n = 4) + + − + + Gallbladder mucosal swab (n = 1) + + + + +
