Occurrence of Escherichia coli in Wildlife from Different Habitats of Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lesley Maurice, Bilung, Kho, Kai Ling, Kasing, Apun, Mohd Tajuddin, Abdullah, Mustapha, Abdul Rahman, Chen, Yik Ming, Adom, Benjamen, Yee Ling, Chong, Hashimatul Fatma, Hashim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology 2014
• Subjects: QL Zoology; QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4435/1/Occurrence.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4435/; http://www.bjrst.unimas.my/

This study was carried out to assess the occurrence of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the bats, birds and rodents as representative of wildlife from different habitats in Sibu and Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia. A total of 682 swab samples were collected from wildlife hosts and screened for the bacteria E...