Abstract:

Efficacy of dietary supplementation of bacteriophages in treatment of concurrent infections with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88 and K99 in postweaning pigs

Seung-Jae Han, DVM, MSc; Yeonsu Oh, DVM, PhD; Chul Young Lee, PhD; Jeong-Hee Han, DVM, PhD

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Postweaning pigs challenged with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) K88 and K99 and fed a diet supplemented with ETEC K88- and K99-specific bacteriophages exhibited greater weight gain, lower fecal consistency score, and less fecal shedding and intestinal adhesion of ETEC K88 than did pigs fed the unsupplemented diet.

Keywords: bacteriophage, postweaning diet, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, feces, E. coli

RIS citationCite as: Han SJ, Oh Y, Lee CY, et al. Efficacy of dietary supplementation of bacteriophages in treatment of concurrent infections with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88 and K99 in postweaning pigs. J Swine Health Prod 2016;24(5):259-263.

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