Low prevalence of the ‘gang of seven’ and absence of the O80:H2 serotypes among Shigatoxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (STEC and EPEC) in intestinal contents of healthy cattle at two slaughterhouses in Belgium in 2014

The purpose of this survey was to estimate the respective prevalence of the ‘gang of seven’ and ‘non‐gang of seven’ serotypes of Shigatoxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and to identify the O80:H2 serotype in 245 intestinal contents collected at two slaughterhouses in Belgium in 2014.

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