Use of equine-origin antitoxins in piglets prior to exposure to mitigate the effects of Clostridium difficile infection - a pilot study

作者：Ramirez Alejandro^*; Rowe Eric W; Arruda Paulo H; Madson Darin M

来源：Journal of Swine Health and Production, 2014, 22(1): 29-32.

• swine
• Clostridium difficile
• Clostridium difficile-associated disease
• antitoxin
• prevention

Administration to newborn pigs of an oral or intraperitoneal dose of equine-origin Clostridium difficile antitoxin 4 hours before orogastric inoculation with a swine-origin C difficile field isolate resulted in lower histopathology scores 72 hours post challenge than in pigs receiving no antitoxin (P < .05).

• 出版日期2014-2