Analysis of feces samples collected from a wild-bird garden feeding station in Scotland for the presence of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157.
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.
Foster
Geoffrey
G
Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Stratherrick Road, Inverness IV2 4JZ, United Kingdom. geoffrey.foster@sac.co.uk
Evans
Judith
J
Knight
Hazel I
HI
Smith
Alastair W
AW
Gunn
George J
GJ
Allison
Lesley J
LJ
Synge
Barti A
BA
Pennycott
Tom W
TW
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*
D022603:Shiga Toxins