Escherichia coli infections are responsible for heavy losses in the poultry industry. In the previous issue of World Poultry we described the infection, factors contributing to the severity of the infection and the reactions. In this second part...

Escherichia coli infection is responsible for significant losses in the world's poultry industry. Although the organism is a normal inhabitant of the intestinal tract of commercial poultry, and is ubiquitous in the environment, toxigenic strains...