Prevalence of Verocytotoxin-Producing E. coli in Sheep Meat at a Slaughterhouse

 

Matrix

Skin

Carcass

Mucosa

Feces

Sheep

13.7

9.5

6.3


Lamb

5.3

5.2

4.2


Total

18.9

14.7

10.5




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Fig. 27.1
Multiplex-PCR products (stx 1, stx 2 , eae). Lane 1: marker (100-bp ladder), lane 2: negative control, lane 3: positive control (180, 285, and 384 bp), lanes 4–20: ovine isolates



Table 27.2a
Prevalence (%) of VTEC-positive strains as determined by multiplex PCR (stx 1 , stx 2 , eae)






























































 
stx 1

stx 2

eae

Skin

Mucosa

Carcass

Skin

Mucosa

Carcass

Skin

Mucosa

Carcass

Sheep


1.9 (1a)




3.8 (2)

1.9 (1)

1.9 (1)

11.3 (6)

Lamb




3.8 (2)



3.8 (2)

3.8 (2)

7.5 (4)

Total


1.9 (1)


3.8 (2)


3.8 (2)

5.7 (3)

5.7 (3)

18.9 (10)


aThe number in brackets indicates the relationship between the matrix and age

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