Role of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli in cattle and buffalo calf diarrhoea |
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| Authors: | A Mohammad JSM Peiris EA Wijewanta S Mahalingam G Gunasekara |
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| Institution: | Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;Department of Veterinary Para-Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
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| Abstract: | Abstract 273 Strains of Escherichia coli isolated from diarrhoeic and healthy control cattle and buffalo calves in Sri Lanka, were tested for Verocytotoxin (VT) and for heat-stable (ST) and heat-labile (LT) enterotoxins. VT and ST toxigenic E. coli were significantly associated with diarrhoea, accounting for 28% and 18% of diarrhoeic episodes, respectively. LT toxigenic E. coli were not significantly associated with diarrhoea. |
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| Keywords: | Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli ST enterotoxin LT enterotoxin |
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