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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022

Abundance of selected bacterial groups in healthy calves and calves developing diarrhea during the first week of life: Are there differences before the manifestation of clinical symptoms?

Karin Schwaiger, Julia Storch, Christoph Bauer, Johann Bauer

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Karin SchwaigerUnit of Food Hygiene and Technology, Institute for Food Safety, Food Technology and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
Julia StorchVeterinary Office Landratsamt Fürstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany.
Christoph BauerDepartment of Quality Assurance and Analytics, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Freising, Germany.
Johann BauerTUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture · DETechnical University of Munich · DEUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Diarrhea is still the most common and economically most significant disease of newborn calves. Objective: Analysis of the development of selected bacterial groups in the feces of neonatal calves and its significance regarding diarrhea. Animals: A total of 150 newborn Simmental calves reared in 13 Bavarian farms were included in the study. Methods: Fecal samples of calves taken at 0/6/12/24/48/72/168 hours (h) since birth were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, such as Results: Fifty-seven out of 150 calves (37.3 %) that were examined developed diarrhea within the first week of life. In the feces of calves with diarrhea on day 1 of life, the levels of aerobes, Conclusion: The results suggest that the incidence of neonatal diarrhea in calves is favored by low levels of lactobacilli in the feces. From this, the hypothesis can be derived that, in addition to an optimal supply of colostrum, the earliest possible administration of lactobacilli might reduce neonatal diarrhea in calves. However, this must be verified in a subsequent feeding experiment.

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calvesdiarrheadysbiosislactobacillimicrobiologynewborn

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