Post-weaning diarrhea in pigs weaned without medicinal zinc: risk factors, pathogen dynamics, and association to growth rate.

Esben Østergaard EriksenEgle KudirkieneAnja Ejlersgård ChristensenMarianne Viuf AgerlinNicolai Rosager WeberAne NødtvedtJens Peter NielsenKatrine Top HartmannLotte SkadeLars Erik LarsenKaren PankokeJohn Elmerdahl OlsenHenrik Elvang JensenKen Steen Pedersen

Published in: Porcine health management (2021)

This study suggests novel insights regarding pathogen dynamics and risk factors for PWD in productions not using prophylactic antimicrobials and medicinal zinc. The findings may have important implications for both antimicrobial usage and prevention strategies.

Keyphrases

risk factors
candida albicans
oxide nanoparticles
staphylococcus aureus
irritable bowel syndrome