Table 3 Numbers of different E. coli serovar isolates, with verocytotoxic potential, found in faecal samples from different cervid species.
Cervid species | No of individual samples | No of pooled samples | E. coli O26 | E. coli O103 | E. coli O111 | E. coli O145 | E. coli O157 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red deer | 135 | 45 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Moose | 127 | 43 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Roe deer | 206 | 69 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Reindeer | 150 | 50 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 618 | 207 | 5 | 85 | 0 | 14 | 0 |