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* Clinical signs are characteristic.
 
* Clinical signs are characteristic.
 
* Also by culture and typing of ''E. coli'' from gut
 
* Also by culture and typing of ''E. coli'' from gut
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***Acute, frequently fatal enterotoxaemia of weaned pigs
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***Associated with particular haemolytic serotypes of ''E. coli''
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***Verotoxin (Shiga toxin II e) released in the small intestine and carried in the bloodstream
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***Haemolysin production
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***Subcutaneous and subserosal oedema 
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***Peracute disease affecting particulary healthy piglets
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***Mortality rate 30%-90%
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***Antimicrobial treatment effective if administered in time
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[[Category:Stomach_and_Abomasum_-_Inflammatory_Pathology]][[Category:Pig]]
 
[[Category:Stomach_and_Abomasum_-_Inflammatory_Pathology]][[Category:Pig]]
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