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Researchers Using Mother’s Milk to Protect Piglets From Parasite Infections

2014-05-28 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

AUSTRIA - Coccidiosis is a serious disease in new-born piglets. Caused by the parasite Cystoisospora suis, it exclusively infects pigs and often causes severe diarrhoea in suckling piglets. Parasitologists at the Vetmeduni Vienna have developed a new strategy for protecting the piglets: They infect sows with the pathogen during pregnancy.

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