Larger litters and more competition for colostrum make pigs more susceptible to clostridial enteritis
Clostridium perfringens is one of those pathogens that’s almost always a threat to sow herds and their neonates.
13 November 2019
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| References | ||||
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| 1 Baker A, et al. | ||||
| (2010) | Prevalence and diversity of toxigenic Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium difficile among swine herds in the Midwest.. Appl Environ Microbiol. | May;76(9):2961-2967. | ||
| 2 Reese D, et al. | ||||
| (2015) | Baby Pig Management — Birth to Weaning. | Extension.org. | ||
| 3 | ||||
| Clostridial disease in pigs | Farmhealthonline.com | [accessed 20.09.2017] | ||
| 4 | ||||
| Clostridial diarrhea, | Iowa State University | [accessed 18.07.2019] | ||
| 5 Ibid. | ||||
| 6 Harris DL. | ||||
| Clostridium perfringens Type C enteritis in pigs. | Merck Veterinary Manual. | |||
| 7 Ibid. | ||||
| 8 Nelson D, et al. | ||||
| (2010) | The 5-week BMD sow feeding program yields heavier pigs than feeding BMD to sows only during lactation. | Am Assoc of Swine Vet annual meeting. | ||
| 9 Ibid. | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| Clostridial diarrhea, | Iowa State University. | |||
| 11 Wolff T. | ||||
| (2005) | An overview of research on bacitracin methylene disalicylate (BMD) in sow diets.. Proceedings Am Assoc of Swine Vet, | 101-105. | ||
| 12 Nelson D, et al. | ||||
| The 5-week BMD sow feeding program yields heavier pigs. |
