First isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from faecal and milk specimens from Anatolian water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalus) in Turkey

Seker E., Yardimci H.

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, vol.79, no.4, pp.167-170, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 79 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.4102/jsava.v79i4.267
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.167-170
  • Keywords: E. coli O157:H7, faeces, isolation, milk, water buffalo, HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS, O157-H7, CATTLE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTIONS, FOOD, ENTEROHEMOLYSIN, PATHOGEN, SEROTYPE, STRAINS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

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.