A new treatment for neonatal scours (1999)

Authors

R L. Sedlacek
E K. O'Donnell
A K. Singh
R J. Bridges
Metre D.C. Van
Bruce D. Schultz

Keywords

Swine day, 1999; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 00-103-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 841; Swine; Scours; New treatments

Abstract

Scours account for significant losses to the US swine industry every year. A common treatment for scours is the administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics, a practice with increasing unpopularity in the eyes of consumers. Currently, no treatment is available to reduce or eliminate the fluid losses associated with scours that is both inexpensive and easy to use. In the present study, a variety of prospective drugs were used to determine if a single compound might inhibit the effects of bacterial toxins in a laboratory setting. The results indicate that a new class of drugs, which we call DASUs, likely will prove useful for the treatment of watery diarrhea. Additional studies are underway to validate this conclusion.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 18, 1999

Recommended Citation

Sedlacek, R L.; O'Donnell, E K.; Singh, A K.; Bridges, R J.; Van, Metre D.C.; and Schultz, Bruce D. (1999) "A new treatment for neonatal scours (1999)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6661