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*''E. coli'' may cause diarrhoea via attaching and effacing lesions, where bacteria adhere intimately to the enterocyte, and cause localised effacement of the brush border microvilli; the epithelial erosion causes dysentery

*''E. coli'' may cause diarrhoea via attaching and effacing lesions, where bacteria adhere intimately to the enterocyte, and cause localised effacement of the brush border microvilli; the epithelial erosion causes dysentery

*Enterotoxigenic ''E. coli'' (ETEC):

*Enterotoxigenic ''E. coli'' (ETEC):

** Contributes to [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Undifferentiated Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea|undifferentiated neonatal calf diarrhoea]], a mixed viral enteritis in calves

** Contributes to [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Undifferentiated Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea|undifferentiated neonatal calf diarrhoea]], a mixed viral enteritis in calves, also known as enteric colibacillosis

**Causes scours in pigs and calves

**Causes scours in pigs and calves

**'Traveller's diarrhoea' in humans

**'Traveller's diarrhoea' in humans

**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