Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0455488
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
New Approaches to the Control of Post-Weaning Diarrhoea in Piglets. In Australia, post?weaning diarrhoea (PWD) in piglets is a major constraint to efficient and profitable production. Increasing levels of resistance to dietary antibiotics by gut pathogens such as Escherichia coli, the bacterium implicated in PWD, is a major reason for this problem. This research will identify nutritional means of controlling PWD and increasing production after weaning. This will be achieved by strategic nutritional interventions in the pre-weaning and (or) post-weaning periods targeted at reducing bacterial pathogens in the gut. A reduction in PWD will increase the overall efficiency of pig production in Australia and reduce antibiotic use.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2005
End Date: 12-2009
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $420,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Animal Nutrition | Animal Husbandry | Pathology | Animal Production
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Pigs |
