Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in Wild and Pet Birds in Iran

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strains and to identify the stx gene types in wild captive and companion birds. In total,657 E. coli isolates from 219 birds belonging to 38 different...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A Koochakzadeh, M Askari Badouei, T Zahraei Salehi, S Aghasharif, M Soltani, MR Ehsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2015-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2015000400445&lng=en&tlng=en