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<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
 
<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
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* Enterotoxigenic ''E.coli'' contributes to [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Undifferentiated Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea|undifferentiated neonatal calf diarrhoea]], a mixed viral enteritis in calves.
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* [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Colibacillosis|Colibacillosis]].
   
* [[Intestines - Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Related Conditions#Histiocytic Ulcerative Colitis|Histiocytic ulcerative colitis]] in the dog and cat.
 
* [[Intestines - Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Related Conditions#Histiocytic Ulcerative Colitis|Histiocytic ulcerative colitis]] in the dog and cat.
 
* Causes [[Intestines - diarrhoea#Secretory Diarrhoeas|secretory diarrhoea]]
 
* Causes [[Intestines - diarrhoea#Secretory Diarrhoeas|secretory diarrhoea]]
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**May enter blood to cause septicaemia
 
**May enter blood to cause septicaemia
 
*Clinical infections:
 
*Clinical infections:
**Avian colibacillosis:  
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**Avian [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Colibacillosis|Colibacillosis]]:  
 
***Septicaemia in newly-hatched chickens
 
***Septicaemia in newly-hatched chickens
 
***Infection enters via faecal contamination of the egg surface or via the ovary of the hen
 
***Infection enters via faecal contamination of the egg surface or via the ovary of the hen
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*''E. coli'' may cause diarrhoea via attaching and efacing lesions, where bacteria adhere intimately to the enterocyte, and cause localised effacement of the brush border microvilli
 
*''E. coli'' may cause diarrhoea via attaching and efacing lesions, where bacteria adhere intimately to the enterocyte, and cause localised effacement of the brush border microvilli
 
*Enterotoxigenic ''E. coli'':
 
*Enterotoxigenic ''E. coli'':
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** Contributes to [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Undifferentiated Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea|undifferentiated neonatal calf diarrhoea]], a mixed viral enteritis in calves
 
**These strains carry a plasmid which encodes an enterotoxin
 
**These strains carry a plasmid which encodes an enterotoxin
 
**Two types of enterotoxin: heat-labile (LT) and heat-stable (ST) toxins
 
**Two types of enterotoxin: heat-labile (LT) and heat-stable (ST) toxins
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