Post weaning diarrhea in pigs: risk factors and non-colistin-based control strategies

M Rhouma, JM Fairbrother, F Beaudry… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2017 - Springer
Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is one of the most serious threats for the swine industry
worldwide. It is commonly associated with the proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia …

Animal Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

JD Dubreuil, RE Isaacson, DM Schifferli - EcoSal Plus, 2016 - journals.asm.org
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the most common cause of E. coli diarrhea in
farm animals. ETEC are characterized by the ability to produce two types of virulence factors …

Escherichia coli in postweaning diarrhea in pigs: an update on bacterial types, pathogenesis, and prevention strategies

JM Fairbrother, É Nadeau, CL Gyles - Animal health research …, 2005 - cambridge.org
Escherichia coli is one of the most important causes of postweaning diarrhea in pigs. This
diarrhea is responsible for economic losses due to mortality, morbidity, decreased growth …

Early Weaning Stress in Pigs Impairs Innate Mucosal Immune Responses to Enterotoxigenic E. coli Challenge and Exacerbates Intestinal Injury and Clinical Disease

BL McLamb, AJ Gibson, EL Overman, C Stahl… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background and Aims The clinical onset and severity of intestinal disorders in humans and
animals can be profoundly impacted by early life stress. Here we investigated the impact of …

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in veterinary medicine

B Nagy, PZ Fekete - International journal of medical microbiology, 2005 - Elsevier
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection is the most common type of colibacillosis
of young animals (primarily pigs and calves), and it is a significant cause of diarrhoea …

[HTML][HTML] Intestinal challenge with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in pigs, and nutritional intervention to prevent postweaning diarrhea

Y Sun, SW Kim - Animal Nutrition, 2017 - Elsevier
Gut health of nursery pigs immediately after weaning is tightly associated with their growth
performance and economic values. Postweaning diarrhea (PWD) is one of the major …

Prevalence of virulence genes in Escherichia coli strains recently isolated from young pigs with diarrhea in the US

W Zhang, M Zhao, L Ruesch, A Omot, D Francis - Veterinary microbiology, 2007 - Elsevier
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)-associated post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is
economically one of the most important diseases for the swine industry. Porcine ETEC …

Review of Newly Identified Functions Associated With the Heat-Labile Toxin of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Q Duan, P **a, R Nandre, W Zhang… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Heat-labile toxin (LT) is a well-characterized powerful enterotoxin produced by
enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). This toxin is known to contribute to diarrhea in …

Molecular characterization of host-specific biofilm formation in a vertebrate gut symbiont

SA Frese, DA MacKenzie, DA Peterson… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Although vertebrates harbor bacterial communities in their gastrointestinal tract whose
composition is host-specific, little is known about the mechanisms by which bacterial …

Heat-Stable Enterotoxins of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Their Impact on Host Immunity

H Wang, Z Zhong, Y Luo, E Cox, B Devriendt - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are an important diarrhea-causing pathogen and
are regarded as a global threat for humans and farm animals. ETEC possess several …