Towards identification of new genetic determinants for post-weaning diarrhea in piglets

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Post-weaning diarrhea in pigs is a considerable challenge in the pig farming industry due to its effect on animal welfare and production costs, as well as the large volume of antibiotics, which are used to treat diarrhea in pigs after weaning. Previous studies have revealed loci on SSC6 and SSC13 associated with susceptibility to specific diarrhea causing pathogens. This study aimed to identify new genetic loci for resistance to diarrhea based on phenotypic data. In depth clinical characterization of diarrhea was performed in 257 pigs belonging to two herds during the first 14 days post weaning. The daily diarrhea assessments were used for the classification of pigs into case and control groups. Pigs were assigned to case and control groups based only on the incidence of diarrhea in the second week of the study in order to differentiate between differences in etiology. Genome-wide association studies and metabolomics association analysis were performed in order to identify new biological determinants for diarrhea susceptibility. With the present work, we revealed a new locus for diarrhea resistance on SSC16. Furthermore, studies of metabolomics in the same pigs revealed one metabolite associated with diarrhea.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftAnimal Genetics
Antal sider9
ISSN0268-9146
DOI
StatusE-pub ahead of print - 2024

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (FVST) as part of the agreement of commissioned work between the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen and Statens Serum Institute, and by the Danish Pig Levy Foundation granted to SEGES Danish Pig Research Center.

Funding Information:
The authors receive funding from the authorities regulating the Danish pig production. E.Ø.E. and J.P.N. have received funding from the Danish pork industry. To the authors' best belief this has not inappropriately influenced the present work.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors. Animal Genetics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Stichting International Foundation for Animal Genetics.

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