In a group of 112 cats, examined during an outbreak of diarrhea, 104 (92.8%) yielded >Escherichia coli with identifiable O >groups as compared to 12 (21.8%) of 55 control cats apparently free of intestinal ailments. >E. coli group O6 occurred in 49.1% of the cats with diarrhea, and persisted in this group of cats at about the same rate when examined for a period of ten months. >E. coli group O6 was not isolated from the control group.Specimens were also collected from dogs with various clinical signs. >E. coli O4 and O6 strains appear to be important potential pathogens for canine species and were found to spread from one dog to another when in close contact. >E. coli group O4 was identified in ten and O6 in three of 14 dogs examined. All isolates in which the O group could be identified were hemolytic.
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