COLIGO: Oral delivery of selected multivalent oligosaccharides to protect pigs from F18+ E coli infections/diarrhoea Ghent University
Gastro-intestinal diseases, such as post-weaning diarrhea and/or edema disease, frequently occur during the weaning period of piglets. Antibiotics are routinely used to combat these infections, but due to the alarming emergence of microbes resistant to these antibiotics, there is an urgent need to develop alternatives. Some years ago, the laboratory of Veterinary Immunology discovered that F18+ E. coli specifically interacts with blood ...