title: Analysis of feces samples collected from a wild-bird garden feeding station in Scotland for the presence of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157.
abstract: Composite wild bird feces collected at regular intervals from a garden feeding station in southwest Scotland over a 3-year period were examined for verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157. One sample was positive for Escherichia coli O157. The isolate belonged to phage type 21/28 and possessed vtx2, eaeA, and enterohemorrhagic E. coli hlyA genes.
authors.affiliation: Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Stratherrick Road, Inverness IV2 4JZ, United Kingdom. geoffrey.foster@sac.co.uk
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Hazel I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Alastair W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Gunn
authors.forename: Lesley J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Allison
authors.forename: Barti A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Synge
authors.forename: Tom W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Pennycott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D012606:Scotland; D022603:Shiga Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D022603:Shiga Toxins