Table 5.
Distribution of different pathotypes of investigated E. coli strains
| Pathotypes | Number (percentage) of the classified E. coli strains | Total (150) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrheic calves (100) | In-contact calves (50) | ||||||
| Cattle 51 | Buffalo 49 | Total 100 | Cattle 19 | Buffalo 31 | Total 50 | ||
| STEC | 23 (45.1) | 8 (16.3) | 31 (31) | 9 (47.4) | 6 (19.3) | 15 (0.3) | 46 (30.7) |
| ETEC | 9 (17.7) | 9 (18.4) | 18 (18) | 0 | 1 (3.2) | 1 (0.2) | 19 (12.7) |
| EPEC | 3 (5.9) | 1 (2) | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2.7) |
| EAEC | 3 (5.9) | 3 (6.1) | 6 (6) | 1 (5.3) | 4 (12.9) | 5 (10) | 11 (7.3) |
| ETEC/STEC | 2 (3.9) | 13 (26.5) | 15 (15) | 4 (21.1) | 3 (9.7) | 7 (14) | 22 (14.7) |
| ETEC/EPEC | 1 (1.9) | 2 (4.1) | 3 (3) | 0 | 1 (3.2) | 1 (2) | 4 (2.7) |
| TP | 41 (80.4) | 36 (73.5) | 77 (77) | 14 (73.7) | 15 (48.4) | 29 (58) | 106 (70.7) |
| NP | 10 (19.6) | 13 (26.5) | 23 (23) | 5 (26.3) | 16 (51.6) | 21 (42) | 44 (29.3) |