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Cattle, in particular have been identified as a major\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157:H7 reservoir of human infections; however, the prevalence of this organism in camels, sheep, and goats is less understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and concentration of\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      serotype O157 in the feces of healthy camels (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009140), cattle (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009137), sheep (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009141) and goats (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009150) slaughtered in United Arab Emirates (UAE) for meat consumption between September 2017 and August 2018. We used immunomagnetic separation coupled with a culture-plating method to detect\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157. Non-sorbitol fermenting colonies were assessed via latex-agglutination testing, and positive cultures were analyzed by performing polymerase chain reactions to detect genes encoding attaching and effacing protein (\n                      <jats:italic>eaeA<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), hemolysin A (\n                      <jats:italic>hlyA<\/jats:italic>\n                      , also known as\n                      <jats:italic>ehxA<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) and Shiga toxin (\n                      <jats:italic>stx1<\/jats:italic>\n                      and s\n                      <jats:italic>tx2<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), and\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157:H7 specific genes (\n                      <jats:italic>rfb O157<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>uidA<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic>fliC<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). All\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157 isolates were analyzed for their susceptibility to 20 selected antimicrobials.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157 was observed in camels, goats, and cattle fecal samples at abundances of 4.3, 2, and 1.46%, respectively, but it was undetectable in sheep feces. The most prevalent\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157 gene in all STEC isolates was\n                      <jats:italic>stx<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>\n                        <jats:italic>2<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:sub>\n                      ;\n                      <jats:sub>\n                        <jats:italic>,<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:sub>\n                      whereas,\n                      <jats:italic>stx<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                      was not detected in any of the samples. The fecal samples from camels, goats, and cattle harbored\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157 isolates that were 100% susceptible to cefotaxime, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, and polymyxin B.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      To our knowledge, this is the first report on the occurrence of\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157 in slaughter animals in the UAE. Our results clearly demonstrate the presence of\n                      <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      O157 in slaughtered animals, which could possibly contaminate meat products intended for human consumption.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12866-020-01899-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,16]],"date-time":"2020-07-16T06:03:28Z","timestamp":1594879408000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Occurrence, virulence genes, and antimicrobial profiles of Escherichia coli O157 isolated from ruminants slaughtered in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8088-8596","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dawood","family":"Al-Ajmi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shafeeq","family":"Rahman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sharmila","family":"Banu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"1899_CR1","first-page":"88","volume":"41","author":"F Fung","year":"2018","unstructured":"Fung F, Wang HS, Menon S. 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