Microbiological, pathological and histological findings in four Danish pig herds affected by a new neonatal diarrhoea syndrome

Table 2 Occurence of toxin genes within fimbriated and non-fimbriated E. coli isolates from diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic piglets

E. coliisolates	n	STa¹	STb¹	LT²	VT2e³	STa/LT	STb/VT2e	LT/VT2e
From diarrhoeic piglets
Fimbriated	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-fimbriated	26	1	2	2	5	0	0	0
From non-diarrhoeic piglets
Fimbriated	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Non-fimbriated	21	1	0	0	3	1	1	1

¹: Heat-stable enterotoxins a and b. ²: Heat-labile enterotoxin. ³: Verotoxin 2e.

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