Reducing Free Milk Glycan Monomers Generated by the Neonate Gut Microbiota Eliminates Colonization by Dysbiotic Microbiome Members

Abstract

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have found a natural way to prevent the development of pig scour in nursing pigs.

Full Description

Pig scour, or collibacillosis, is a major cause of illness and death in nursing or weaning pigs worldwide. The US economic effect is estimated to be close to $236 million annually through death and disease. The disease itself is characterized by diarrhea that leads to dehydration and death among untreated animals and spreads rapidly within a facility. Dysbiosis in the gut microbiome of these animals has been identified as a primary driverfor Enterobactieriaceae and Clostridiaceae, the organisms primarily responsible for pig scour.

Current prophylactic treatments for pig scour includes vaccination, stringent sanitation procedures, and in-feed antibiotics for weaning animals. Despite these preventative strategies, pig scour remains a major economic cost to swine producers.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have demonstrated a prophylactic treatment of pig scour in swine which is effective in reducing colonization by Enterobactieriaceae and Clostridiaceae in nursing pigs. 

Applications

• Treatment of nursing and weaning pigs to prevent scour.

Features/Benefits

• Does not increase risk of antibiotic resistant infection in swine. 
• Cheap and effective preventative treatment. 
• Easy to mass treat swine populations.

Patent Status