Virulence factors of Escherichia coli in relation to the importance of vaccination in pigs

ABSTRACT: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the major cause of diarrhea in newborn and weaned pigs. Bacteria adhesion to the host cell is considered a specific phenomenon among fimbrial and non-fimbrial adhesins with their respective receptors on enterocytes. Enteric disorders are related w...

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Main Authors: Daniele Araujo Pereira, Marilda Carlos Vidotto, Karla Alvarenga Nascimento, Anne Caroline Ramos dos Santos, Marina Lopes Mechler, Luís Guilherme de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2016-08-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000801430&lng=en&tlng=en