Evaluation of the effect of 3 probiotics on experimental Escherichia coli enterotoxaemia in weaned piglets.
In this report the efficacy of 3 different probiotics (Bacillus cereus "toyoi", Lactobacillus spp. and Streptococcus faecium) was investigated. They were supplemented in the food of recently weaned piglets that were orally infected with E. coli O141 K85ab. Supplementation could not prevent mortality and clinical symptoms nor reduce the faecal excretion of hemolytic E. coli. The possible explanations for the unsatisfying results are various.
De Cupere
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Clinic for Internal Medicine of Large Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, State University of Gent, Belgium.
Deprez
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Demeulenaere
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Muylle
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D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000502:physiology*; D004488:Edema Disease of Swine / Q000628:therapy*; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000502:physiology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine