Chapter 12 Dietary manipulation of infectious bowel disease

摘要: Publisher Summary The chapter presents a discussion on dietary manipulation of infectious bowel disease. This discusses some influences diet this system, and provides examples how the can help to influence colonization by certain potential enteric pathogens. Examples are drawn mainly from problems postweaning diarrhea in pig, because is an important condition that exemplifies principles being explored nutritional intervention infections. There general agreement have intestinal disease, particularly young animals. such interactions, focuses problem recently weaned pigs, as has been extensively studied. pathogenic bacterial species colonize tract, including zoonotic bacteria Salmonella Campylobacter also discussed chapter. Even within animal species, sites infection with different pathogens vary stomach (for example, Helicobacter species), small intestine Escherichia coli ) colon Brachyspira species). Postweaning (PWD) common disease occurs piggeries throughout world. Piglets usually develop watery diarrhea, show rapid loss condition, most members litter affected. significant types associated PWD enterotoxigenic E. (ETEC). pilosicoli anaerobic spirochete colonizes large well variety bird dogs human beings.