Table 1 Diagnostic tests performed on piglet fecal samples

Bacteria

 Campylobacter spp.

Isolation

[4]

 C. coli

Biochemical methods

[4]

 C. perfringens

Isolation

[5]

 C. perfringens

PCR α, β, ε e ι and cpb2 genes

[6, 7]

 E. coli

Isolation

[8]

 E. coli

PCR StaP, Stb e LT genes

[9]

 Salmonella spp.

Isolation

[8]

Parasite

 Nematodes

Flotation test

[10]

 Protozoa

Flotation test

[3, 11]

Virus

 Coronaviruses (PEDv and TGEv)

RT-PCR

[12]

 Group A rotavirus

RT-nested-PCR

[13]