Detection of Pathogenic Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus from Cattle and Pigs Slaughtered in Abattoirs in Vhembe District, South Africa

Table 4

Prevalence of pathogenic E. coli from the various abattoirs.

Abattoirs	E. coli pathotypes and associated genes								Total E. coli	Total (%) pathogenic
	EPEC		ETEC		EIEC	EAEC		EHEC
	bfpA	eae	LT	ST	ipaH	aatA	aaiC	Stx1/2
Abattoir 1							2		54	2 (14.28%)
Abattoir 2							2		26	2
Abattoir 3									6	0 (0)
Abattoir 4	2		4				4		18	10
Total	2		4				8		104	14 (13.46)%