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<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
<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>
* Enterotoxigenic ''E.coli'' contributes to [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Undifferentiated Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea|undifferentiated neonatal calf diarrhoea]], a mixed viral enteritis in calves.
* Enterotoxigenic ''E.coli'' contributes to [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Undifferentiated Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea|undifferentiated neonatal calf diarrhoea]], a mixed viral enteritis in calves.
* [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Colibacillosis|Colibacillosis]].
* [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#Colibacillosis|Colibacillosis]].
*In neonatal [[Joints - inflammatory#In Cattle|polyarthritis of calves]]
*In neonatal [[Joints - inflammatory#In Cattle|polyarthritis of calves]]
*In [[Joints - inflammatory#In Horses|arthritis of horses]]
*In [[Joints - inflammatory#In Horses|arthritis of horses]]
===''Eschericia coli'' (''E. coli'') overview===
*Member of ''Enterobacteriacae'' family of Gram-negative bacilli
*Facultative anaerobe
*One of predominant bacterial species in colonic flora
*Abundant in the environment
*Found in many non-specific, endogenous infections, eg. wound infections and upper respiratory tract infections and septicaemia
*Also and enteropathogen
===''E. coli'' characteristics===
*Oxidase negative (do not possess cytochrome C oxidase)
*Grow on MacConkey agar (in presence of bile salts)
*Reduce nitrates to nitrits and ferment glucose to produce acid and gas