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Table 4 Age distribution of virulence genes detected in fecal samples from pre-weaned calves

From: Characterization of virulence genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from pre-weaned calves in the Republic of Korea

Virulence genes No. (%) of E. coli strains by age (days) Diarrhea × age
1–20 (n = 337) 21–40 (n = 218) 41–60 (n = 134) P value P value
F17 104 (30.9) 110 (50.5) 66 (49.3) < 0.001 0.519
F5 2 (0.6) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 1.000 1.000
sta 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.7) 0.161 1.000
stx1 18 (5.3) 12 (5.5) 6 (4.5) 0.442 0.290
stx2 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1.000 1.000
eae 10 (3.0) 5 (2.3) 2 (1.5) 0.846 0.158
saa 7 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0.186 1.000
F17 + F5 0 (0.0) 2 (0.9) 1 (0.7) 0.065 1.000
F17 + stx1 3 (0.9) 3 (1.4) 6 (4.5) 0.005 0.858
F17 + F41 1 (0.3) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.7) 0.353 1.000
F17 + eae 1 (0.3) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.7) 0.353 1.000
stx1 + eae 7 (2.1) 6 (2.8) 1 (0.7) 0.258 0.535
stx1 + saa 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.7) 0.161 1.000
stx1 + F5 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 0.401 1.000
stx2 + sta 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 0.401 1.000
F17 + stx1 + eae 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7) 0.350 1.000
F5 + stx1 + saa 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1.000 1.000
Total 156 (46.3) 145 (66.5) 87 (64.9) 0.000 0.328
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