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Twenty colostrum-fed piglets from three sows were separated from the sows 24 hours after birth and were randomly divided into five groups of four piglets each. Every piglet in each of four test groups was orally inoculated with about 10(10) colony forming units of Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella choleraesuis var Kunzendorf or one of two isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae. One group served as uninoculated controls. Piglets infected with K. pneumoniae developed severe diarrhea beginning about 12 hours after inoculation. They became dehydrated and weak but continued to drink. There were no morphological alterations in intestinal mucosa when piglets were killed and necropsied 48 or 72 hours after inoculation. Klebseilla pneumoniae was isolated from intestine and feces but not from liver or spleen. Piglets inoculated with S. choleraesuis became lethargic and disinterested in food by 24 hours after inoculation. Diarrhea developed by 48 hours after inoculation. Lesions at necropsy 60 or 72 hours postinoculation were subcutaneous edema, mesenteric lymphadenitis, diffuse intestinal superficial mucosal necrosis with villous atrophy, and focal deep ulceration in the ileum. Salmonella choleraesuis was isolated from all segments of intestine and from feces, liver and spleen. Piglets inoculated with S. typhimurium developed a relatively mild diarrheal disease with lesions similar to those with S. choleraesuis infection but less severe. The inoculated organism was recovered from all areas of intestine and from feces, liver and spleen. Serum from infected and control piglets had high (greater than 1:256) agglutinating titres against S. typhimurium but low titres (0 to 1:8) against S. choleraesuis. The agglutinins were assumed to originate from colostral antibodies.
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