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Table 1 Detection of various subtypes of Escherichia coli cdtB gene in domestic animals by PCR-RFLP

From: Molecular characterization of cytolethal distending toxin gene-positive Escherichia coli from healthy cattle and swine in Nara, Japan

Animal

No. of samples

No. of cdt positive (%)

No. of isolates

cdt subtype (PCR/isolate)

    

cdt-I

cdt-II

cdt-III/V

cdt-IV

Cattle

102

90 (88%)

81

2/2

0

87/78

1/1

Swine

45

14 (31%)

7

0

1/1

13/6

0

Chicken

45

0 (0%)

-

-

-

-

-