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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 70, Issue 11, Pages 6944-6947Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6944-6947.2004
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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.
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