1MVSc, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, DUVASU, Mathura, U.P., India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, DUVASU, Mathura, U.P., India
3Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, DUVASU, Mathura, U.P., India
*Corresponding author email id: prachisingh9410@yahoo.com
Online Published on 26 May, 2023.
A total of 150 animal wound samples were microbiologically examined for Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the Mathura region during the year 2022. 19 out of 35 phenotypically positive recovered isolates were grouped into nine different serotypes based on the somatic (O) antigen characterized at National Salmonella and Escherichia Centre (NSECRI), Central Research Institute, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. The predominant serotypes obtained were O120, O126, O7, O11, O18, O50, O84, O98 and O17. Five different strains of O120 and O84 that are Shiga-toxin producing E. coli were recovered from the animal wounds. At the same time, other strains of O11 and O17 each, that are frequently isolated from environmental and animal samples, were also recovered. Such pathogenic serotypes of E. coli from different animal wound types pose a threat to the animal and human health.
Wound, Escherichia coli, Phenotypic, Serotypes, Threats
