[E. coli enterotoxicosis in unweaned piglets. I. Some concepts (author's transl)].

In a brief review, attention is drawn to a number of findings on infections with enteropathogenic E. coli in suckling piglets: serological typinge K88 antigen, colonisation, enterotoxin production and enterosorption, absence of symptoms of inflammation in the bowel wall and significance of the various immunoglobulin classes. The term E. coli enterotoxicosis used to designate the disease is preferred to terms such as E. coli diarrhoea, E. coli enteritis and (enterotoxic) colibacillosis.