Journal article
Influence of diet on the experimental infection of pigs with Brachyspira pilosicoli
Danish Veterinary Institute1
Section for Veterinary Diagnostics, Division of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
Division of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark3
National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark4
Management, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark5
The effects of five different diets on the experimental infection of pigs with a Danish field isolate of Brachyspira pilosicoli were investigated. The diets tested were a pelleted and a non-pelleted standard diet based on wheat and barley, the standard diet supplemented with 2 per cent lactic acid, 6 fermented liquid feed and a diet based on cooked rice.
Two trials were conducted, each with six groups of six pigs; in each, two of the groups were fed the standard diet. One of these groups and the other four groups were challenged after two weeks on the diets and euthanased four weeks later. The clinical signs of 8 pilosicoli infection varied from loose stools to watery, mucoid diarrhoea.
The group fed the rice diet excreted B pilosicoli in their faeces for a significantly shorter period than the group fed the standard diet (P
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2004 |
Pages: | 264-267 |
ISSN: | 00424900 , 02143909 and 20427670 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1136/vr.154.9.264 |
ORCIDs: | Jensen, Tim Kåre |
Animals Diet Feces Female Male Spirochaetales Spirochaetales Infections Swine Swine Diseases