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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
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** 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
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**Oral infection, intestinal colonisation and toxin production
 
**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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