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Table 1 Average Shiga toxin - producing Escherichia coli Log CFU / sample type for beef cattle with or without JHS

From: Mouldy feed, mycotoxins and Shiga toxin - producing Escherichia colicolonization associated with Jejunal Hemorrhage Syndrome in beef cattle

Sample type

BF1 Cattle with JHS (n = 5)

Mean Log CFU ± SE

Cattle without JHS (n = 6)

Mean Log CFU ± SE

Jejunum (per 2.5 cm 2 mucosa) 1

6.49 ± 0.39a

0.000 ± 0.000b

Digesta (per ml)

5.55 ± 0.18a

0.000 ± 0.000b

  1. 1 row numbers followed by different letters are significantly different P = 0.001.