Type A Clostridium perfringens causes poultry necrotic enteritis (NE), an enteric disease of considerable economic importance, yet can also exist as a member of the normal intestinal microbiota.
This was the case for necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens, an enteric disease caused by C. perfringens type A strains.
Different terms have been used to describe enteric disease syndrome: runting-stunting syndrome of broilers (RSS), poult enteritis complex (PEC), and poult enteritis mortality syndrome (PEMS).
Rabbit enteritis, also referred to as enteritis complex (EC) or rabbit enterocolitis (REC), is a multiform enteric disease, characterized by a variety of symptoms.
Outbreaks of enteric disease associated with animal exhibits have been reported with increasing frequency.
Coronaviruses infect numerous animal species causing a variety of illnesses including respiratory, neurologic and enteric disease.
Canine and feline parvoviruses cause an acute enteric disease in their hosts, with high level of viral shedding.
Human coronaviruses (HCoV) are mainly associated with respiratory tract disease but have been implicated in enteric disease.
Currently, CDAC is endemic and a common nosocomial enteric disease encountered by surgeons in modern hospitals due to prophylactic or therapeutic antibiotic therapies [1 3].
Clostridium difficile (CD)‐associated colitis (CDAC) is endemic and a common nosocomial enteric disease encountered by surgeons in modern hospitals due to prophylactic or therapeutic antibiotic therapies.
Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2), including subtypes 2a, 2b and 2c, causes an acute enteric disease in both domestic and wild animals.
