Increasing the viscosity of the intestinal contents stimulates proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Brachyspira pilosicoli in weaner pigs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523-532

  Hopwood, D E ^a   Pethick, D W ^a   Hampson, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachyspira pilosicoli; Carboxymethylcellulose; Digesta viscosity; Escherichia coli; Weaner pig diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CECUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; ILEUM; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; RICE; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH JUICE; SWINE; VISCOSITY; WEANING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; ORYZA SATIVA; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036849601     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002694     Document Type: Article

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