Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Risk factors for post-weaning diarrhoea on piglet producing farms in Finland. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Open Access Risk factors for post-weaning diarrhoea on piglet producing farms in Finland Taina M Laine 1 Tapani Lyytikainen2 Maija Yliaho3 and Marjukka Anttila4 Address Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira Production Animal Health Unit Mustialankatu 3 FI-00790 Helsinki Finland 2Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira Risk Assessment Unit Mustialankatu 3 FI-00790 Helsinki Finland 3Rural Advisory Centre of Southern Ostrobothnia Huhtalantie 2 FI-60220 Seinajoki Finland and 4Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira Pathology Unit Mustialankatu 3 FI-00790 Helsinki Finland Email Taina M Laine - Tapani Lyytikainen - Maija Yliaho - Marjukka Anttila - Corresponding author Published 18 June 2008 Received 3 December 2007 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50 21 doi l75l-0l47-50-21 Accepted 18 June 2008 This article is available from http content 50 l 2l 2008 Laine et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Post-weaning diarrhoea PWD is a significant gastrointestinal disease in pigs. It is considered a multifactorial disease associated with proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in the intestinal tract of affected pigs. The aim of this study was to analyse risk factors related to the occurrence of PWD on Finnish piglet producing farms. Methods The data of a follow-up study of 73 conventional piglet producing farms was used in the case-control study. The selection of the 4l PWD case and 28 control farms was based on the use of antimicrobials for treating diarrhoea in weaned pigs and the answers related to the occurrence of diarrhoea .
