Table 1.
Isolation and characterization of STEC and non-STEC E. coli, Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. in 132 tested samples.
| TNM | CRFPBG | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Boar | Fallow Deer | Red Deer | Hedgehog | Genet | |||
| Samples tested for E. coli | 51 | 50 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 132 | |
|
E. coli isolates |
STEC No. (% +ve samples) | 3 (5.9) | 29 (56.0 a) | 5 (41.7) | 0 | 0 | 37 (27.3 a) |
| EPEC No. (% +ve samples) | 3 (5.9) | 7 (14.0) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 12 (9.1) | |
| ETEC No. (% +ve samples) | 3 (5.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.3) | |
| Total No. (% +ve samples) | 9 (17.6) | 36 (68.0 a) | 6 (50.0) | 1 (5.5) | 0 | 52 (37.9 a) | |
| Samples tested for Salmonella spp. | 51 | 50 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 132 | |
| Salmonella isolates | S. Enteritidis No. (% + ve samples) | 1 (2.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) |
| S. Schleissheim No. (% +ve samples) | 1 (2.0) | 0 | 1 (8.3) | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.5) | |
| S. Veneziana No. (% +ve samples) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 1 (0.8) | |
| Total No. (% +ve samples) | 2 (3.9) | 0 | 1 (8.3) | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 4 (3.0) | |
| Samples tested for Campylobacter spp. | 39 | 50 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 118 b | |
| Campylobacter isolates | C. hyointestinalis No. (% +ve samples) | 7 (17.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (5.9) |
| C. coli No. (% +ve samples) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 1 (0.8) | |
| Total No. (% +ve samples) | 7 (17.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 8 (6.8) | |
TNM, Tapada Nacional de Mafra; CRFPBG, Centro de Recuperação de Fauna do Parque Biológico de Gaia; STEC, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli; EPEC, Enteropathogenic E. coli; ETEC, Enterotoxigenic E. coli; No., Number; +ve, Positive. a Different pathogenic E. coli were detected in the same sample from one fallow deer, one isolate identified as EPEC and the other as STEC, and two different STEC isolates were detected in other fallow deer; b 14 samples did not have enough material for Campylobacter detection.