title: Liquid diets fed hourly to pigs weaned at 19 days of age and exposed to rotavirus (weanling diarrhea).
abstract: Five diets were tested for their capacity to promote weight gains in newly-weaned, 19-d-old, rotavirus-exposed pigs. The diets were tested under conditions designed to minimize the stress of weaning. That is, rotavirus-exposed pigs were moved at weaning to an isolation unit, caged individually and fed hourly liquid diets that were high (approximately 26%) and low in protein (approximately 11%). In all experiments, pigs experienced postweaning rotavirus-associated diarrhea and depression in rate of gain. Pigs grew faster: when fed diets high in protein (approximately 26% protein) vs low in protein (approximately 11% protein) and when fed diets containing cows' milk proteins vs proteins from soybean flour. A diet containing antibodies to rotavirus did not ameliorate the weanling diarrhea.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D004032:Diet; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine / Q000254:growth & development*; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014886:Weaning
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins