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Volume 18(2):69-74, 2014. Redacted 2017.
Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia
coli in pigeons (Columba livia)
Morad Rahimi
DVM, PhD1, Fatemeh Rezaei
Ghazikhani2, Mitra Salehi
DVM, PhD3
1Department of
Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Razi
University, Kermanshah, 2,3Department of Microbiology, Faculty of
Sciences, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
ABSTRACT
Rahimi
M, Ghazikhani FR, Salehi
M., Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in pigeons (Columba livia), Onl J Vet Res., 18(2):69-74, 2014. Wild
and free-flying birds are potential reservoirs for causes of zoonotic
diseases including Shiga toxin E coli
(STEC) in pigeons
(Columba livia) in the western part of Iran. One hundred thirty fresh fecal
samples from trapped pigeons were tested for E coli 0157 on inoculated sorbitol-MacConkey (CT- SMAC)
plates. Confirmed colonies were then analized for
Stx1 and Stx2 encoding genes by PCR.
Sorbitol-negative E. coli were isolated from 20 fecal samples
(15.38%) of which 7 (5.38%) were positive for E. coli O157 and 1 (0.77%), for Stx2
encoding gene.
KEY WORDS: Escherichia coli O157, pigeons,
sorbitol negative,
Shiga toxin, Kermanshah.
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