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MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF VIRULENCE GENES IN ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM NEWBORN DIARRHEIC CALVES

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Veterinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases “Veterinary Diseases".

Abstract

The present study was designed to elucidate the prevalence and characteristics of pathogenic Escherichia coli strains from diarrheic calves. A total of 120 fecal samples were collected from diarrheic calves from different cow's farms at Kafrelsheikh Governorate, Egypt. E. coli was isolated with a percentage of 20% (24/120). Serogrouping of E.coli isolates showed 12 types belong to different "O" serogroups; the most prevalent serogroups among isolates were O111, O103, O26, O55, O128, O15, O91 and O20. A total of 12 E. coli isolates were screened by multiplex PCR assay for the presence of virulence genes characteristic for E.coli, that is, shiga-toxin producing gene(s) (stx1, stx2), intimin (eaeA) and enterohemolysin (hlyA). Out of the 12 isolates, 11 were positive for one or both stx1and stx2 (91.6%), 8 isolates for hlyA(66.6%) and 4 isolates for eaeA (33.3%). PCR results showed that 9 (75%) isolates carried stx1 gene, 9 (75%) possessed stx2 gene while 7 isolates (58.3%) gave positive amplicon both for stx1 and stx2 genes. All shiga toxin genes (stx1 and/or stx2) positive samples were positive for the hlyA and eaeA genes. Both virulence genes eaeA and hlyA in the same sample were observed in 36.36% of the shiga toxin positive strains. As a result, this study shows that stx1 and stx2 were found as the most common virulence gene markers of E. coli strains isolated from calves with diarrhea.

DOI

10.21608/kvmj.2016.108557

Keywords

prevalence and characteristics, pathogenic Escherichia, diarrheic calves

Authors

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Ibrahim E.

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Eldesouky

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Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University 33516, Egypt.

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Hisham S.

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Nada

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Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University 33516, Egypt.

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Talat H.

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Sheashe

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Animal Health Research Institute

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Asmaa E

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Elshishiny

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Animal Health Research Institute

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14

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1

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16421

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2016-05-01

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2016-02-01

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2016-05-01

Page Start

77

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98

Print ISSN

1687-1456

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2682-2954

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1,064

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Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://kvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF VIRULENCE GENES IN ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM NEWBORN DIARRHEIC CALVES

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22 Jan 2023