CLINICAL SIGNS

Clinical signs of infection vary according to the type of E. coli involved and include watery diarrhoea, dehydration, emaciation and death due to endotoxic shock. Reports about clinical signs specifically in wild animals are sparse. The case of E. coli (O8:H9, O48:H8) infection in a free-ranging buzzard presented with poor body condition, wet ruffled feathers and several external granulomatous lesions⁽¹⁷⁾.