Table 2.
Distribution of bacterial, viral, and parasitic agents of diarrhea in individual fecal samples from case and control piglets
| Agent | Case | Control | Positive samples (%) |
Positive farms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | ||||
| C. coli | 43 | 28 | 71 (38.59) | 13 |
| C. perfringens type A | 26 | 16 | 42 (22.83) | 10 |
| C. perfringens β2 | 24 | 15 | 39 (21.19) | 10 |
| E. coli Sta toxin | 5 | 1 | 6 (3.26) | 4 |
| E. coli Stb toxin | 9 | 7 | 16 (8.69) | 7 |
| E. coli LT toxin | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Salmonella spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Parasites | ||||
| C. suis | 48 | 16 | 64 (34.78) | 14 |
| Eimeria spp. | 13 | 2 | 15 (8.15) | 6 |
| Gastrointestinal Strongyles | 4 | 3 | 7 (3.80) | 2 |
| Virus | ||||
| Coronavirus | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Group A rotavirus | 51 | 21 | 72 (39.13) | 12 |
| Total samples | 123 | 61 | 184 | 16 |