THE SURVIVAL OF ESCHERICHIA COLI O157 IN CATTLE MANURE DEPENDING ON HANDLING STRATEGY

Verocytoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) is a human pathogen and has been implicated in numerous outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis and the life-threatening haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). E. coli serotype O157 strains have been considered as the most important VTEC strains in terms of severe human outbreaks (Nataro and Kaper, 1998). VTE