Diarrhea Associated with <i>Enterococcus Durans</i> in Calves

Abstract

4This report describes the association of E. durans and diarrhea in 4 calves, Samples from 3 1-3-week-old diarrheic mixed breed beef calves (calves 1, 2, and 3) were submitted for laboratory evaluation. The samples submitted varied with each case but included fresh and formalin-fixed jejunum (3), ileum (2), colon (l), abomasum (l), spleen (3), liver (2), and lung (1) and 1 liter of milky-white intestinal content (1). Calf 4 was a 1-week-old mixed breed beef calf that was presented dead for necropsy. The owner reported that this calf had died without clinical signs. At necropsy, the presence of watery