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Nine cattle from three Scottish dairy farms were subject to post-mortem in 2020 and 2021, and tissue samples were screened via routine bacteriology.\n                    <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    was isolated from all sampled tissues and a representative isolate from each calf was taken forward for whole-genome sequencing for strain typing, identification of putative virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance genes, and assessment of phylogenetic relationships with other sequenced strains. The nine\n                    <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    isolates were highly-related, being separated by a maximum of 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms. The isolates were serotyped\n                    <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic>\n                    as O78, H9 and were multilocus sequence typed as ST23. Further analysis revealed 13 virulence genes, with the most frequent being associated with serum survival, cytotoxic protein and haemolysin production, and iron transport. These strains encode a novel\n                    <jats:italic>fimH<\/jats:italic>\n                    variant \u2013 designated\n                    <jats:italic>fimH<\/jats:italic>\n                    -1571 \u2013 which has a mutation potentially linked to increased adherence and invasion. Phylogeny and virulence gene profile indicate an avian pathogenic-like\n                    <jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    within a poultry lineage, however there were no poultry units in the vicinity of these farms. Ampicillin, amoxicillin, streptomycin and tetracycline resistance was predicted from their genome sequences, which agreed with phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing. In conclusion, while not demonstrated here, these data are consistent with a transmission event between cattle units (or a common source) and suggest the possible emergence of virulent avian pathogenic-like\n                    <jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    in cattle for which future surveillance is merited.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0359646","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]],"date-time":"2026-10-09T17:23:36Z","timestamp":1791566616000},"page":"e0359646","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Characterisation of multidrug-resistant, avian pathogenic-like Escherichia coli O78 from dairy-bred calves with atypical 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