Detection and antibiogram profile of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from two abattoir settings in northwest Ethiopia: a one health perspective

Table 7 Frequencies of diarrheagenic E. coli virulence genes based on sample source and abattoir

Sample source	Sample area	E. coli isolates	No. of virulence genes isolates (%)
Sample source	Sample area	E. coli isolates	stx2	Eae	hlyA	St
Carcass	Gondar	15	4 (26.70)	2 (13.33)	2 (13.33)	0
Carcass	Bahir Dar	18	7 (38.89)	3 (16.70)	3 (16.70)	3 (16.70)
Knives	Gondar	1	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Knives	Bahir Dar	2	1 (50.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Cattle	Gondar	24	1 (4.17)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
feces	Bahir Dar	24	1 (4.17)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Sub -total	Gondar	53	5 (9.43)	2 (3.77)	2 (3.77)	0 (0.00)
Sub -total	Bahir Dar	62	9 (14.52)	3 (4.84)	3 (4.84)	3 (4.84)
Total		115	14 (12.17)	5 (4.35)	5 (4.35)	3 (2.61)

Key: DEC = diarrhoeagenic E. coli, ETEC = enterotoxigenic E. coli, STEC = Shiga toxin producing E. coli, EHEC = enterohemorrhagic E. coli.

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