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**The plasmids which produce these toxins are responsible for the pathogenicity of these strains
 
**The plasmids which produce these toxins are responsible for the pathogenicity of these strains
 
**Causes scours in pigs and calves
 
**Causes scours in pigs and calves
**Fimbrial antigen or colonisation factor antigens (
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**Fimbrial antigen or colonisation factor antigens (CFAs)determine species specificity
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**LT is an oligometric toxin composed of an enzymatically-active A subunit (30KDa; 2 fragments - A1 and A2) and 5 identical B subunits (12KDa) forming the binding portion (B oligomer)
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**It attaches to the brush border of the epithelial cells of the small intestine
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