Bacterial competition as a means of preventing neonatal diarrhea in pigs.
Baby pigs orally inoculated with a porcine strain of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (K88+,Ent+) showed signs of depression, severe diarrhea, and, in some instances, death. Few, if any, signs of illness occurred if baby pigs were first inoculated with a K88 possessing non-enterotoxin-producing strain of E. coli.
D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*