June 2019

Shiga toxigenic, enteroinvasive and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in fish from experimental fish farm (Layo), Côte d’Ivoire

The objective of this study was to know the sanitary quality of fish coming from Layo farm. Twenty fishes (Oreochromis niloticus), were selected in four ponds and Escherichia coli were isolated in gills and viscera according to microbiological methods. One hundred and twenty strains of E. coli were isolated, and their virulence was performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using specific primers. Eleven (11) strains...

Author(s): Kouadio-Ngbesso Nadège, Kouamé-Sina Sylvie Mireille, Koffi Ahua René, Toulé Aubin Cyrille, Adingra Ama Antoinette and Dadié Adjéhi Thomas