| detection & characterization of shiga toxin producing escherichia coli (stec) & enteropathogenic escherichia coli (epec) in poultry birds with diarrhoea. | background & objectives : limited information is available on shiga toxin producing escherichia coli (stec) in animals and birds from india. an outbreak of acute diarrhoea in poultry birds at aizawl, mizoram was investigated for detection and characterization of stec and enteropathogenic e. coli (epec). methods : e. coli was isolated and identified from rectal swabs, intestinal contents, heart blood and spleen of 19 poultry birds that died due to acute diarrhoea during the outbreak. phenotypic c ... | 2011 | 21623041 |