Effects of lactoferrin treatment on Escherichia coli O157:H7 rectal colonization in cattle

Veterinary Microbiology
J RybarczykEric Cox

Abstract

The terminal rectal mucosa has been identified as the predominant colonization site of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle, thus a possible intervention approach should directly target this colonization site. To determine the effect of lactoferrin on E. coli O157:H7 mucosal colonization at the rectum, five 6-month-old Holstein-Friesian calves were experimentally infected with E. coli O157:H7 and received daily rectal treatment with bovine lactoferrin. Three calves that did not receive the lactoferrin served as control group. The treatment decreased faecal shedding of E. coli O157:H7 and completely eliminated the infection in all animals (n=5) after 19 days administration. The rectal mucosa of all animals (n=5) was cleared from E. coli O157:H7 within 13 days of lactoferrin treatment. To evaluate the local immune responses, three calves treated previously with lactoferrin and three calves of the control group were re-infected when E. coli O157:H7 excretion was no longer detected. The rectal administration of lactoferrin resulted in an EspA- and EspB-specific IgA responses at the rectal mucosa. These mucosal antibodies were not detected in the animals which did not receive the lactoferrin powder. Interestingly, no serum IgA antibod...Continue Reading

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