Translational Approach to Induce and Evaluate Verocytotoxic E. coli O138 Based Disease in Piglets.

ABSTRACT: Pig livestock was influenced by several global concerns that imposed a re-thinking of the farming system, which included the reduction in chemical dependency and the development of antimicrobial alternatives. Post-weaning diarrhea and enterotoxaemia caused by Escherichia coli, are serious threats that are responsible for the economic losses related to mortality, morbidity and stunted growth in weaning piglets. The aim of the study was to set up experimental conditions to simulate the simultaneous outbreak of post-weaning diarrhea and enterotoxaemia in weaned piglets, through verocytotoxic O138 Escherichia coli challenge, with a multidisciplinary approach. Eighteen piglets susceptible to F18 VTEC infection were selected by polymerase chain reaction for polymorphism on the fucosyltransferase

SUBMITTER: Rossi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8388622 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature