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AntibioticsIn this study, 130 Escherichia coli strains isolated from 306 cattle and sheep fecal samples were studied for their resistance to 10 antibiotics, verotoxin production, and hemolyzation. The antibiotic resistance rates of the E. coli strains were as follows: tetracycline, 51.6%; streptomycin, 24.2%; ampicillin, 13.1%; amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, 5.2%; gentamycin, 4.6%; ciprofloxacin, 4.6%; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 4.3%; cefotaxime, 0.7%. None of the strains were resistant to cefepime or ceftazidime. Of all the antibiotics tested, only resistance to streptomycin was higher in the strains isolated from cattle than in the sheep strains (P = 0.043). The evaluation of the cattle strains, based on gender and age, indicated that the resistance to tetracycline and streptomycin was higher in the female cattle than in male cattle, whereas in cattle under 2 years of age resistance to tetracycline was significantly higher than in 3-year-old cattle. Among the cattle strains there were 4 (2.2%) of the VTEC 0157 serotype. All were sensitive to the antibiotics tested, and the isolation rate of VTEC non-0157 serotypes was 14.5%.