Molecular characterisation of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in wild birds and cattle, Ibadan, Nigeria

Table 1 Overview of all collected animal faecal samples and number of yielded bacterial isolates

Animals	Collected faecal samples	No. samples yielding bacterial growth on CEMB^d	Total bacterial isolates	*E. coli* isolates	Non-*E. coli* isolates	Cefotaxime resistant *E. coli* isolates^a	Cefotaxime susceptible *E. coli* isolates
Cattle	250	32	56	55	1^b	53	2
Egret	28	26	89	88	1^c	87	1
Whistling duck	24	2	4	4	0	4	0
Total	302	60	149	147	2	144	3

^a Subjected to further analyses (antimicrobial susceptibility testing to other antimicrobials; microarray-based analysis of antimicrobial and virulence genes and serotypes)
^b Salmonella enterica spp. Enterica serovar Tees
^c Citrobacter freundii; ^dCEMB (cefotaxime-eosine methylene blue agar plates)

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