| wild rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) as potential carriers of verocytotoxin-producing escherichia coli. | in summer 2001, visitors to a wildlife park in norfolk, uk, became infected with verocytotoxin-producing escherichia coli (vtec) o157, which was associated with wild rabbit faeces. the rabbits lived in an adjacent field together with e coli o157-positive cattle. a pilot study was therefore performed to investigate the factors affecting the association between e coli o157-positive cattle and wild rabbits. samples of faeces were taken from 16 herds of cattle that lived close to populations of wild ... | 2006 | 16891425 |