Naturally occurring intestinal lesions in three alpacas (Vicugna pacos) caused by attaching and effacing Escherichia coli.

ATTACHING and effacing Escherichia coli (aeec) bind to the enterocytes of human beings and animals, forming distinct attaching-effacing (ae) lesions. The enterocyte attaching and effacing ( eae ) gene is present within the locus of enterocyte effacement ([Kaper and others 1998][1], [Aktan and others