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Re: e-collei? , yikes!!


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Posted by T.B on May 16, 2000 at 16:46:52:

In Reply to: Re: e-collei? , yikes!! posted by Giovanni on May 16, 2000 at 08:37:15:

: : Hi. The necropsy results came back on by leopard(see previous posts for more info)and showed e-collei(sp?) in his lungs, heavy growth.

: Wow, that is a REAL bad disease. It's no doubt that they wanted you to call them. I wonder if
: your vet is going to report them to the CDC in
: Atlanta.

There are close to 1000 different E.coli serotypes and only a small number of these are responsible for the deadly food-related outbreaks that you hear about in the news. It's quite unlikely that the organism isolated from the lungs is one of those strains; however any strain of E.coli can cause infection if it gets into an area of the body where it doesn't belong.

T.B


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