| enterotoxigenic escherichia coli infection in captive black-footed ferrets. | enterotoxigenic escherichia coli with genes for heat stabile toxins sta and stb was isolated from the gastrointestinal tract and multiple visceral organs of three adult and three juvenile black-footed ferrets (mustela nigripes) that died in a captive breeding colony between 24 may 1998 and 2 july 1998. similar isolates were obtained from rectal swabs of one adult and one juvenile that were clinically ill. all were fed a diet composed of mink chow, raw rabbit meat, beef liver powder, blood meal a ... | 2001 | 11504237 |