Insignificant Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) levels were detected in 9/23 fieldwater samples, while fecal
bacterial (coliforms, Clostridium perfringens and enterococci) were absent in all samples. No Salmonella spp. was
isolated and all E. coli isolates from meat were negative for STEC virulence genes (stx1, stx2, eae and hlyA),suggesting a negligible role by springbok in the epidemiology of STEC and Salmonella