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Background  Oedema disease is a severe disease, mainly affecting recently weaned pigs. It is caused by  E. coli  strains that express fimbriae F18 and produce verotoxin 2e, mainly belonging to serotype O138, O139 or O141. The aim of this study was to compare  E. coli  isolates within these serotypes with respect to diversity.    Methods  Faecal  E. coli  strains belonging to serotypes O138, O139 and O141 isolated during the period 1994–1998 from Swedish pigs aged less than 12 weeks were compared using a biochemical fingerprinting system. Aiming to compare the results obtained over time, also strains isolated during 1964–67 and 1975–80 were included in the study. The study comprised 129, 263 and 95 isolates of  E. coli  serotype O138, O139 and O141, respectively.    Results  Biochemical phenotypes (BPTs) were defined. At each sampling occasion each herd could only contribute with one isolate per BPT. Consequently, all but one of identical BPTs identified at a specific sampling occasion was omitted. The final number of isolates from 1994–98 that was compared included 64, 182 and 41 isolates of serotypes O138, O139 and O141, respectively. Within each serotype, the dominating BPT included over 65% of the compared isolates, demonstrating a large dominance of one BPT per serotype. These dominating BPTs were also demonstrated in the material from the 1960ies and the 1970ies. Still, the presence of other common BPTs (especially within serotype O138 and O139) demonstrated a certain variation within serotype. In a herd severely affected by oedema disease,  E. coli  serotype O139 was easily demonstrated in diseased pigs but only rarely in apparently healthy weaners    Conclusion  The results obtained demonstrate the presence of dominating BPTs within the oedema disease inducing serotypes. A stability of these BPTs over time was observed, presumably at least partly due to a never-ending access to naïve pigs. Still, the presence of other common BPTs indicates a variation over time, which visualises the importance of monitoring for this. Such studies should focus on pigs affected by oedema disease, because oedema disease inducing strains of  E. coli  were only rarely demonstrated in healthy pigs in a herd affected by oedema disease.

Phenotyping of E. coli serotypes associated to oedema disease