Schrock, Jennifer
Yan, Ming
Dolatyabi, Sara
Patil, Veerupaxagouda
Yadagiri, Ganesh
Renu, Sankar
Ramesh, Anikethana
Wood, Ronna
Hanson, Juliette
Yu, Zhongtang
Renukaradhya, Gourapura J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2861-180X
Funding for this research was provided by:
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University (2018)
Article History
Received: 18 March 2024
Accepted: 20 June 2024
First Online: 14 July 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The procedure for collection of infant fecal samples was approved by the Institutional Review Board of The Ohio State University. Piglet inoculation was carried out according to the recommendations of Public Health Service Policy, United States Department of Agriculture Regulations, the National Research Council’s Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the Federation of Animal Science Societies’ Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching. This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations put forth by the Public Health Service Policy, USDA Regulations, National Research Council’s Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the Federation of Animal Science Societies’ Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching. All the pigs were maintained, samples collected and then euthanized, and all efforts were made to minimize the suffering of pigs as per the approved institutional, state, and federal regulations and policies regarding animal care and use at The Ohio State University on the Ethics for Animal Experiments (Protocol Number: 2019A00000068-R1).