Oral vitamin a supplementation of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infected gilts enhances iga and lactogenic immune protection of nursing piglets

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• who: Stephanie N. Langel from the All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at The Ohio State UniversityAll methods were carried out in accordance with approved protocol (, ) and relevant regulations and pigs were maintained, sampled, and euthanized humanely. First parity PEDV and transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) seronegative pregnant gilts (Landrace × Yorkshire × Duroc cross-bred) arrived at our facilities from either The Ohio State University swine center facility or a commercial swine herd by gestation day (GD) , and housed individually in an open pen during gestation and the majority of lactation. Gilts . . .
  

   

  

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