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Supporting natural defence mechanisms against bacterial infection in the urogenital tract of sows via dietary means to minimise the use of antibiotics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

G.M. Jones ,
R. Baldinger ,
F. Waxenecker  and
H. Fachberger
G.M. Jones*
Affiliation:
Research and Product Development, Biomin GTI, 3130 Herzogenburg, Austria www.biomin.net
R. Baldinger
Affiliation:
Agricultural College, HLBLA St. Florian, 4490 St. Florian, Austria
F. Waxenecker
Affiliation:
Research and Product Development, Biomin GTI, 3130 Herzogenburg, Austria www.biomin.net
H. Fachberger
Affiliation:
Agricultural College, HLBLA St. Florian, 4490 St. Florian, Austria
*
Email:Gwendolyn.Jones@biomin.net
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Reproductive failure accounts for substantial losses in the swine industry worldwide. Examinations of reproductive organs of sows culled for infertility showed that one of the most important causes of reproductive failure are urogenital tract infections (UTI) caused by uro-pathogenic bacteria (Wegmann 1993). Prevalence of UTIs ranges from 4 to 20% in sow herds, but can reach up to 45% in problem herds (Both et al. 1980) and are a predisposing factor to Mastitis-Metritis-Agalactia syndrome. A decrease in urinary pH, is one of the natural defence mechanisms against bacterial proliferation in the uro-genital tract (Arnhofer 1986). Therefore down-regulating the urinary pH via dietary means could be used as a prophylactic measure against urinary tract infections in sow herds. The objective of this experiment was to test a dietary urine acidifier based on anionic substances and plant extracts for the effect on urinary pH in sows.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 153
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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