Attaching and effacing lesions in the large intestine of an eight-month-old heifer associated with Escherichia coli O26 infection in a group of animals with dysentery

Pearson, G. R., Bazeley, K. J., Jones, J. R., Gunning, R. F., Green, M. J., Cookson, A. and Woodward, M. J. (1999) Attaching and effacing lesions in the large intestine of an eight-month-old heifer associated with Escherichia coli O26 infection in a group of animals with dysentery. Veterinary Record, 145 (13). pp. 370-373. ISSN 0042-4900

Abstract/Summary

Escherichia coli O26:K60, with genetic attributes consistent with a potentially human enterohaemorrhagic E coli was isolated from the faeces of an eight-month-old heifer with dysentery. Attaching and effacing lesions were identified in the colon of a similarly affected heifer examined postmortem, and shown to be associated with E coli O26 by specific immunolabelling.