edema disease

edema disease
enterotoxemia in recently weaned piglets caused by a strain of Escherichia coli that normally colonizes the small intestine; characteristics include edema in various parts of the body, with neurological signs such as circling and ataxia. See also coliform gastroenteritis. Called also bowel edema, gut edema, and E. coli enterotoxemia.

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