Occurrence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in calves with acute neonatal diarrhoea.
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) were isolated from 16.4% of diarrheic calves of up to 30 days old. Of 1-2-day-old calves nearly one half (45.0%) harboured ETEC, while this was the case with only 4.9% of 8-day-old calves. Among 206 9-30-day-old calves just three were found to harbour ETEC.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000382:microbiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology
D004768:Enterotoxins