Administration of non-pathogenic isolates of Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens type A to piglets in a herd affected with a high incidence of neonatal diarrhoea

A bacterial cocktail of living strains of Clostridium perfringens type A (CPA) without β2-toxin gene and non-pathogenic Escherichia coli was administered orally to newborn piglets before first colostrum intake and on 2 consecutive days on a farm with a high incidence of diarrhoea and antibiotic trea...

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Main Authors: C. Unterweger, A. Kahler, G.-F. Gerlach, M. Viehmann, A. von Altrock, I. Hennig-Pauka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116001804