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Table 4 Prevalence of ETEC fimbrial subtypes among 280 pig farms with cases of PWD examined in Europe

From: Prevalence of virulence factors in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from pigs with post-weaning diarrhoea in Europe

ETEC subtype

Percentagea (number) of affected pig farms in a given country

Belgium and The Netherlands

France

Italy

Germany

All countriesb

F4-ETEC

23.9 (21)

37.4 (34)

46.4 (39)

41.2 (7)

36.1 (101)

F18-ETEC

10.2 (9)

17.6 (16)

29.8 (25)

5.9 (1)

18.2 (51)

F4,F18-ETEC

-

9.9 (9)

4.8 (4)

-

4.6 (13)

F5-ETEC

1.1 (1)

-

-

-

0.4 (1)

F4-ETEC & F18-ETEC

1.1 (1)

-

-

-

0.4 (1)

All subtypes

36.4 (32)

64.8 (59)

81.0 (68)

47.1 (8)

59.6 (167)

  1. a Percentage of positive farms over total farms investigated in a given country: Belgium and The Netherlands, 88; France, 91; Italy, 84 and Germany, 17
  2. b Percentage of positive farms over all farms investigated (n = 280)