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Table 4 Cattle with VTEC O157:H7-positive faecal samples, distributed according to sampling season.

From: Verotoxinogenic Escherichia coli(VTEC) O157:H7 – A Nationwide Swedish Survey of Bovine Faeces

Month

No. positive

No. sampled

%

May

4

361

1.1

June

0

258

0

July

8

228

3.5

August

8

318

2.5

September

3

252

1.2

October

4

310

1.3

November

1

289

0.3

December

0

148

0.7

January

0

195

0

February

7

223

3.1

March

0

166

0

April

2

323

0.6

Total

37

3071

1.2

  1. * For April, May, June and August the figures include samples from both 1996 and 1997.