title: First isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from faecal and milk specimens from anatolian water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalus) in Turkey.
abstract: Three hundred rectal faecal samples and 213 raw milk samples obtained from the tanks and containers were examined using standard cultural methods. Escherichia coli O157:H7 was isolated from 11 (3.7%) of 300 faecal samples and 3 (1.4%) of 213 raw milk samples. It was determined that 8 (73%) of E. coli O157:H7 strains isolated from faecal samples originated from water buffaloes younger than 2 years of age and 3 (27%) from 2-year-old and older water buffaloes. This is the 1st isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from faecal and milk samples of water buffaloes in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmet Necdet Sezer Campus, 03200, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. esraseker@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yardimci
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000382:microbiology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000662:veterinary; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology