Virulence Genes Content and Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli from Broiler Chickens

Table 2

Distribution of virulence-associated genes in strains recovered from diseased and healthy birds.

Virulence gene	Strains recovered from diseased birds ()		Strains recovered from healthy birds ()
		%		%
tsh	6	33.3	3	42.9
colV	5	27.8	1	14.29
papC	8	44.4	4	57.1
iss	13	72.2	0	0