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Probiotics may protect piglets from E. coli infection

Beneficial bacteria could replace antibiotics in pig feed

DODGING DRUGS  Giving piglets probiotics may be an alternative to antibiotic treatments, which can lead to drug-resistant bacteria, researchers say. 

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By Beth Mole

- More than 2 years ago

Probiotic-laced pig feed slashes the number of infectious bacteria stuck to a piglet’s intestines, researchers report in the December Applied and Environmental Microbiology.