Skip to main content
Fig. 5 | Porcine Health Management

Fig. 5

From: Post-weaning diarrhea in pigs weaned without medicinal zinc: risk factors, pathogen dynamics, and association to growth rate

Fig. 5

The cumulative incidence of enterotoxigenic E. coli shedding after insertion into the nursery unit. The cumulative incidence (Kaplan–Meier failure estimates) of fecal shedding of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) as a function of time since insertion in the nursery unit (days) at two Danish indoor productions (A, B). The pigs were systematically sampled every second day. Failure was defined as: Rectal swabs cultured on blood agar displayed overgrowth of hemolytic colonies confirmed to be ETEC by PCR

Back to article page

Porcine Health Management

ISSN: 2055-5660

Contact us