Part I: Characteristics of Escherichia coli 1: Biochemical characteristics of Escherichia coli, K A Bettelheim 2: Classification of Escherichia coli, H Lior Part II: Diseases Caused by Escherichia coli 3: Escherichia coli septicaemia in calves, C C Gay and T E Besser 4: Diarrhoea and dysentery in calves, D G Butler and R C Clarke 5: Escherichia coli mastitis, A W Hill 6: Diseases due to Escherichia coli in sheep, J C Hodgson 7: Neonatal diarrhoea in pigs, T J L Alexander 8: Postweaning Escherichia coli diarrhoea in pigs, D J Hampson 9: Oedema disease of pigs, H U Bertschinger and C L Gyles 10: Extraintestinal Escherichia coli infection in pigs, J M Fairbrother and M Ngeleka 11: Diseases due to Escherichia coli in poultry, W G Gross 12: Escherichia coli infections in rabbits, cats, dogs, goats and horses, J EPeeters 13: Escherichia coli diseases in humans, J P Nataro and M M Levine Part III: Virulence Factors of Escherichia coli 14: Escherichia coli enterotoxins, C L Gyles 15: Escherichia coli verotoxins and other cytotoxins, C L Gyles 16: Fimbriae of Escherichia coli, C J Smyth, M Marron and S G J Smith 17: Structure, function, and synthesis of surface polysaccharides in Escherichia coli, C Whitfield, W J Keenleyside and B R Clarke 18: Outer membrane proteins, R E W Hancock and K Piers 19: Iron acquisition systems in Escherichia coli, E Griffiths 20: Attaching and effacing Escherichia coli, S Knutton Part IV: Diagnosis and Prevention of Diseases Caused by Escherichia coli 21: Laboratory diagnosis of Escherichia coli infections, C Wray and M J Woodward 22: Vaccines against Escherichia coli diseases, R E Isaacson