Transmission of Escherichia coli 0 l57: H7 to cattle by house flies

Authors

  • Burhan Mustapha Muhammed

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25130/tjphs.2008.2.5.126.130

Abstract

1 he aims of this study were to determin the prevalence of and characteriLe E coli
0157. H7 &'>OCiated with houseflies. Musca domestica were collected from different
sites on a canle fann o•er a S- month period and processed individuaaly for E. coli
0157: H7 isolation and quanitication. E. coli T 0157 counts ranged from 5• 106
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3"107 CI'U among posit ive houseflies . Microobial resistance of five different
antimicrobial; agents revealed that all the E. coli 0157: H7 isolates from all i~olates
were resi,tant to one or more of antimocrobial agents

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Published

2023-04-11

How to Cite

Mustapha Muhammed, B. (2023). Transmission of Escherichia coli 0 l57: H7 to cattle by house flies. Tikrit Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4(2), 126–130. https://doi.org/10.25130/tjphs.2008.2.5.126.130