ABSTRACT
Escherichia coli bacterium belongs to the enterobacteria group and is considered part of the bovine and avian intestine microbiota. The pathogenic poultry E. coli frequently causes extraintestinal infections named colibacillosis. In the present study 77 E. coli strains were isolated and biochemically identified. Of this total, 6 showed positive reaction to agglutination against the O78:K80 antiserum. The results demonstrated a prevalence of almost 1% of E.coli O78:K80 on the samples from aviar origin in the west region of São Paulo State.
KEY WORDS
Escherichia coli O78:K80; poultry; agglutination reaction