Detection of Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Pathogens in Dairy Sheep and Goats by Using FilmArray^® Multiplex-PCR Technology.

ABSTRACT: The objectives of this study were (a) to detect gastrointestinal pathogens in faecal samples of sheep and goats using the FilmArray^® GI Panel and (b) to evaluate factors that were associated with their presence. Faecal samples from ewes or does in 70 sheep flocks and 24 goat herds in Greece were tested for the presence of 22 gastrointestinal pathogens by means of the BioFire^® FilmArray^® Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel. The most frequently detected pathogens were Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli stx1/stx2 (94.7% of farms), Giardia lamblia (59.6%), and Campylobacter spp. (50.0% of farms). Other pathogens detected were Cryptosporidium spp., Salmonella spp., enterotoxigenic E. coli lt/st, Yersinia enterocoliti

SUBMITTER: Tsilipounidaki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9030461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature