Prevalence of shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli in bovine cattle: a survey in the North Region of Portugal

• Author(s): Ballem, Andressa ; Gonçalves, Soraia ; Ferreira, A.I. ; Fernandes, Conceição ; Saavedra, Maria José ; Pinto, C. ; Oliveira, H. ; Almeida, Gonçalo ; Almeida, Carina
• Date: 2019
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/20952
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Escherichia coli
• Document Type: Conference poster
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Biblioteca Digital do IPB

Description

To assess the prevalence of STEC in dairy cattle faeces in the North of Portugal and to determine the genetic pool of STEC virulence genes: stx1 and stx2 and eae.