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Diarrhea-like condition and intestinal mucosal responses in susceptible homozygous and heterozygous F4R+ pigs challenged with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2012
Sugiharto S, Hedemann M S, Jensen B B, Lauridsen C
Abstract excerpt
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) F4 is a major cause of diarrhea in both neonatal and young pigs. Indeed, only pigs having F4 receptors are susceptible. Among the susceptible pigs, it is yet unknown if spontaneous E. coli postweaning diarrhea (PWD) occurrence and intestinal mucosal responses to ETEC differ between genotypes. This study investigated a diarrhea-like condition and intestinal mucosal responses...
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