Feeding strategies for excellence at weaning (part 2 of 2): piglet feeding
What nutrients can we increase or decrease in piglet diets during lactation and after weaning to improve immune response and growth?
Page 3 of articles about e-coli
USA: NARMS reports antimicrobial resistance patterns in swine
National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) monitors bacteria to determine if they are resistant to various antibiotics used in human and veterinary medicine.
Prevtec Microbia to be Acquired by Elanco
Deal supports development of Prevtec Microbia’s pipeline and product expansion
Antimicrobial activity and effect on growth performance of supplementing Nigella sativa L. on weanling piglets
Nigella sativa supplementation in weanling diets improves feed efficiency and reduces E.coli populations in piglets.
PROHEALTH Consortium identifies most significant health threats and solutions for sustainable livestock production in Europe
Five-year project prioritized animal pathologies on farms; identified solutions to improve animal health and welfare; and evaluated performance of vaccination and precision farming to predict, detect and prevent diseases.
Protected organic acids impact on performance and fecal microbiota in weanling
Dietary inclusion of protected organic acids may be useful as a suitable alternative to antibiotics.
Emerging disease causes vaccine sales to soar
Vaccination against oedema disease is now protecting over ten per cent of pigs in some countries.
Five million doses of Prevtec Microbia’s bivalent vaccine Coliprotec® F4/F18 Sold in the European Union
The product is a live bacterial vaccine containing a combination of two non-pathogenic E. coli strains for active immunization of pigs against PWD.
Clinical case: ...and trouble arrived with them
Changes on the source of replacement animals are always difficult decisions. Monitoring through testing before the introduction of the new animals into the farm is not sufficient.
Competition to zap bugs on screen – and on the farm
A survey showed that one-third of herds tested positive to the causative agent of bowel oedema, the strains of E coli which excrete lethal shiga toxins.
A comparative study of the effects of Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens upon boar semen preserved in liquid storage
The effects of infection by E. coli were dependent of both bacterial load and storage period, whereas the effects of C. perfringens were mainly dependent on the bacterial load.
Post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets: preventive practices
List of practical measures applied in our daily work with good results. Those measures must be considered as a whole and never individually.
Clinical case: Importance of mycotoxins control for pig health: diarrhea, edema disease and E. coli vaccination failure in weaners
We were called for clinical problems on weaners that appeared a few days after a feed transition in a farrow-to-finish farm: swelling of the eyelids and forehead, incoordination, dyspnea and sudden death.
Sodium butyrate supplementation in lactating sows and nursery pigs
Coated sodium butyrate supplementation may improve immunoglobulin concentration in milk.
Blend of organic acids and medium chain fatty acids reduces diarrhoea in piglets challenged with ETEC K88
Organic acid supplementation in weanling diets improves piglet performance and reduced diarrhoea.
Prevalence and factors associated with the occurrence of bacterial enteropathogens in suckling piglets in farrow-to-finish herds
The aim of the study was to determine both environmental and infectious factors, influencing occurrence of bacterial enteropathogens in suckling piglets.