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**Cause attching and effacing lesions in the gut, with necrosis of enterocytes and stunting and fusion of villi
**Cause attching and effacing lesions in the gut, with necrosis of enterocytes and stunting and fusion of villi
*Enteroinvasive ''E. coli'':
*Enteroinvasive ''E. coli'':
−
**
Bacteraemia
and
septicaemia
+
**
Cause colisepticaemia in calves during their first week of life; occasionally in lambs, piglets
and
puppies
**Dysentry-like strains
**Dysentry-like strains
−
**Invade epithelial cells by inducing endocytosis
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**Infection via ingestion or umbilicus; inadequate colostrum increases susceptibility
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**Traverse gut wall to lamina propria
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**Invade epithelial cells
of small intestine
by inducing endocytosis
+
**Traverse gut wall to lamina propria
and enter lymphatics
+
**Bacteraemia or septicaemia and endotoxaemia follow
+
**Death occurs in absense of treatment
*Enterohaemorrhagic ''E. coli'':
*Enterohaemorrhagic ''E. coli'':
**Possibly carried by cattle
**Possibly carried by cattle
Flawrence
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