Prevalence of Pathogenic Escherichia coli in a Swine Breeding Environment in Can Tho Province, Vietnam

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
NII recode ID (NCID) AA0068709X
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To determine the presence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) (ETEC), Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and attaching and effacing E. coli (AEEC) were collected in swine and in a water system in 17 swine farms in the Can Tho province of the Mekong delta. A total of 258 samples which were collected from swine feces (n=169), from feed (n=39) and from water (n=50) in the irrigation system were examined by PCR to determine whether they harbored the stx, eae, and enterotoxin genes. STEC was detected in 10 of 169 (6%) fecal samples, and AEEC in 5 fecal samples (3%). Both STEC and AEEC were detected in one fecal sample. AEEC was mainly detected in fecal samples from pigs that were less than 4 months old. STEC or AEEC was detected in 18 samples from 5 out of 17 (29%) farms. On the other hand, STEC and AEEC were also detected in the water and feed samples. ETEC was not detected in diarrhea samples.

Date of issued
Creator KOBAYASHI Hideki KHAI Ly Thi Lien PHAN Tran Thi YAMASAKI Seishi TANIGUCHI Toshiaki
Subject

AEEC

eae

ETEC

STEC

stx

Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Available Online
NII resource type vocabulary Journal Article
Volume 37
Issue 1
spage 59
epage 63
DOI 10.6090/jarq.37.59
Rights Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Language eng

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