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  1. Haemorrhagic bowel syndrome (HBS) is a sporadically occurring disorder characterized by sudden death in pigs in combination with a pale and bloated carcass with no prior signs of disease. Most often HBS is aff...

    Authors: Fabienne Holenweger, Gertraud Schüpbach, Andreas Hofer, Xaver Sidler and Alexander Grahofer
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:44
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  2. Batch production, a widely implemented production model in large-scale pig farms, was characterized by its long-term duration, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency. Nevertheless, the recent occurrence of African...

    Authors: Zhiqiang Hu, Qingyuan Liu, Xiaogang Tian, Lulu Li, Weisheng Wu, Wenchao Gao and Xiaowen Li
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:43
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  3. The concentration of biomarkers in saliva could be influenced by several factors not related to the specific condition under analyses, which should be considered for proper clinical interpretation. In the pres...

    Authors: Y. Saco, R. Peña, M. Matas-Quintanilla, F. J. Ibáñez-López, M. Piñeiro, J. Sotillo, A. Bassols and A. M. Gutiérrez
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:42
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  4. The importance of cystitis in pig production is controversial and sparse information is available on its frequency and etiology in sows. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of bacteriuria, ma...

    Authors: Lola Kathe Tolstrup, Páll Skúli Leifsson, Luca Guardabassi, Jens Peter Nielsen and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:41
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  5. Vaccination of pigs against PCV2 is usually performed around weaning when animals still have maternally derived antibodies (MDA). The present study aimed to assess the possible interference of MDA in the devel...

    Authors: Gerard E. Martin-Valls, Martí Cortey, Hanny Swam, Marta Jiménez and Enric Mateu
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:40
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  6. Oral fluid (OF) is an easy-to-collect, inexpensive, fast and non-invasive sample to characterize health and welfare status of the pig. However, further standardisation of the collection methods is needed in or...

    Authors: Mario Andre S. Ornelas, María José López‑Martínez, Lorena Franco-Martínez, José J. Cerón, Alba Ortín-Bustillo, Camila Peres Rubio and Edgar Garcia Manzanilla
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:39
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  7. Mixing pigs at weaning can compromise pig welfare and growth. Therefore, grouping littermates together may allow a diet nutrient and energy density reduction during the nursery period to reduce feed cost witho...

    Authors: Francesc González-Solé, Jordi Camp Montoro, David Solà-Oriol, José Francisco Pérez, Peadar G. Lawlor, Laura A. Boyle and Edgar Garcia Manzanilla
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:38
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  8. Prolonged farrowing and more piglets born with low birth weight are undesirable consequences of genetic selection for increased litter size. The objective of the present observational study was to evaluate the...

    Authors: Alexandra Schoos, Bruno Bracco Donatelli Muro, Rafaella Fernandes Carnevale, Ilias Chantziaras, Evelien Biebaut, Geert Paul Jules Janssens and Dominiek Maes
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:37
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  9. Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is a contagious intestinal disease caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) characterized by vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, and dehydration, which has caused huge economi...

    Authors: Bingzhou Zhang, Jie Qing, Zhong Yan, Yuntong Shi, Zewei Wang, Jing Chen, Junxian Li, Shuangxi Li, Weisheng Wu, Xiaofang Hu, Yang Li, Xiaoyang Zhang, Lili Wu, Shouyue Zhu, Zheng Yan, Yongquan Wang…
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:36
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  10. When Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Choleraesuis (S. Choleraesuis) was detected in faecal samples collected within the Swedish Salmonella surveillance program from a gilt multiplying herd in Sept...

    Authors: Johanna Fjelkner, Cecilia Hultén, Magdalena Jacobson, Erik Nörregård and Beth Young
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:35
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  11. Scrotal swelling is a clinical situation which can be caused by different aetiologies. In this case report, we describe a multi-week episode of unilateral and bilateral scrotal swelling in boars at an Austrian...

    Authors: Lukas Schwarz, Sophie Dürlinger, Vera Martin, Herbert Weißenböck, Rene Brunthaler, Till Rümenapf, Angelika Auer, Igor Loncaric, Irene Zimpernik, Nicole Reisinger, Bettina Behler-Wöchtl, Dragos Scarlet, Gary Althouse, Chris Kuster, Johannes Kauffold, Joaquim Segales…
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:17
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  12. Neonatal coccidiosis is a common and important disease of suckling piglets in modern farming caused by Cystoisospora suis. Prevalence rates are high, namely, in Portugal, although no recent data are available. Th...

    Authors: Tiago Nunes, Vassilis Skampardonis, Francisco Costa, Maria Antónia da Conceição and Daniel Sperling
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:34
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  13. Recently, in-feed medicinal zinc has been phased out in pig production in the European Union. This makes updated knowledge about porcine post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) crucial. The objectives of the present study...

    Authors: Esben Østergaard Eriksen, Egle Kudirkiene, Kristiane Barington, Nicole Bakkegård Goecke, Sophie Amalie Blirup-Plum, Jens Peter Nielsen, John Elmerdahl Olsen, Henrik Elvang Jensen, Karen Pankoke, Lars Erik Larsen, Gang Liu and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:33
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  14. Small peptide chelated iron (SPCI), a novel iron supplementation in pig diets, owns growth-enhancing characteristics. Although a number of researches have been performed, there is no clear-cut evidence to show...

    Authors: Limei M. Sun, Bing Yu, Yuheng H. Luo, Ping Zheng, Zhiqing Huang, Jie Yu, Xiangbing Mao, Hui Yan, Junqiu Luo and Jun He
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:32
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  15. Statistical Process Control (SPC) is a powerful statistical tool that can be used in animal production to evaluate the evolution of production parameters overtime in response to the implementation of a specifi...

    Authors: V. Artuso-Ponte, T. Steiner, F. Neher, Emilio L. Cano and A. Morillo-Alujas
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:16
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  16. Across the European Union (EU), efforts are being made to achieve modernisation and harmonisation of meat inspection (MI) code systems. Lung lesions were prioritised as important animal based measures at slaug...

    Authors: Joana Pessoa, Conor McAloon, Laura Boyle, Edgar García Manzanilla, Tomas Norton and Maria Rodrigues da Costa
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:31
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  17. African swine fever (ASF), caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), is a fatal disease affecting wild and domestic pigs. Since China reported the first ASF outbreak in August 2018, ASFV has swept over the n...

    Authors: Sang-Ik Oh, Ngoc Anh Bui, Vuong Nghia Bui, Duy Tung Dao, Ara Cho, Han Gyu Lee, Young-Hun Jung, Yoon Jung Do, Eunju Kim, Eun-Yeong Bok, Tai-Young Hur and Hu Suk Lee
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:30
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  18. The aim of this work was to study the prevalence and distribution of Porcine astrovirus (PAstV), Porcine kobuvirus (PKoV), Porcine torovirus (PToV), Mammalian orthoreovirus (MRV) and Porcine mastadenovirus (PAdV)...

    Authors: Héctor Puente, Héctor Arguello, Martí Cortey, Manuel Gómez-García, Oscar Mencía-Ares, Lucía Pérez-Perez, Ivan Díaz and Ana Carvajal
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:29
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  19. Vitamin D may improve innate antimicrobial response and the integrity of the intestinal mucosal barrier representing an alternative to antibiotics for improving pig health. Therefore, benefits of dietary suppl...

    Authors: Carmen Álvarez-Delgado, Inés Ruedas-Torres, José M. Sánchez-Carvajal, Feliciano Priego-Capote, Laura Castillo-Peinado, Ángela Galán-Relaño, Pedro J. Moreno, Esperanza Díaz-Bueno, Benito Lozano-Buenestado, Irene M. Rodríguez-Gómez, Librado Carrasco, Francisco J. Pallarés and Jaime Gómez-Laguna
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:15
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  20. Aujeszky’s disease virus (ADV) primarily infects domestic pigs and wild boars, causing the abortion and death of young piglets due to central nervous system disorders. In Japan, the national eradication progra...

    Authors: Emi Yamaguchi, Michihiro Takagi, Makoto Osaki, Yoko Hayama and Takehisa Yamamoto
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:28
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  22. Diagnosing and treatment of diseases in pigs are important to maintain animal welfare, food safety and productivity. At the same time antimicrobial resistance is increasing, and therefore, antibiotic treatment...

    Authors: Kristiane Barington, Esben Østergaard Eriksen, Egle Kudirkiene, Karen Pankoke, Katrine Top Hartmann, Mette Sif Hansen, Henrik Elvang Jensen, Sophie Amalie Blirup-Plum, Benjamin Meyer Jørgensen, Jens Peter Nielsen, John Elmerdahl Olsen, Nicole Bakkegård Goecke, Lars Erik Larsen and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:26
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  23. This paper aimed to assess the success of cleaning and disinfection on microbiological contamination of anesthetic masks, which were used for automated isoflurane anesthesia for surgical castration of male pig...

    Authors: L. Friedrich, E. Winner, H. Härtel, S. Gumbert, S. Zöls, M. Ritzmann, M. Beisl, K. Kempf, A. von Altrock, N. Kemper and J. Schulz
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:25
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  24. Stress, herd transfer, and food changes experienced by nursery and fattening pigs can lead to reduced performance, reduced digestion and absorption, and impaired intestinal health. Given the role of essential ...

    Authors: Bi-Chen Zhao, Tian-Hao Wang, Jian Chen, Bai-Hao Qiu, Ya-Ru Xu, Qing Zhang, Jian-Jie Li, Chun-Jiang Wang, Qiu-Feng Nie and Jin-Long Li
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:24
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  25. The interest in acetate and propionate as short chain fatty acids (SCFA) derives from research on alternative strategies to the utilization of antibiotics in pig farms. SCFA have a protective role on the intes...

    Authors: Melania Andrani, Paolo Borghetti, Francesca Ravanetti, Valeria Cavalli, Luca Ferrari, Elena De Angelis, Paolo Martelli and Roberta Saleri
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:23
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  26. Leg weakness affects animal welfare and is one of the primary reasons for culling of boars. Low bone mineral density (BMD) is one of the primary factors contributing to leg weakness. Low BMD also appeared to b...

    Authors: Lingling Hu, Jinxin Lu, Liangliang Guo, Jiajian Tan, Haiqing Sun, Yuanfei Zhou, Yinghui Wu, Hongkui Wei, Siwen Jiang and Jian Peng
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:22
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  27. In tropical environments, boar semen is prepared either from a boar on the same farm as the sow herd or collected in semen collection centers and then transported to other farms. Thus, the semen doses can be u...

    Authors: CongBang Ngo, Junpen Suwimonteerabutr, Nuvee Prapasarakul, Jane M. Morrell and Padet Tummaruk
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:21
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  28. Indirect transmission of influenza A virus (IAV) contributes to virus spread in pigs. To identify farm management activities with the ability to contaminate farmworkers’ hands and clothing that then could be a...

    Authors: Gustavo Lopez-Moreno, Marie R. Culhane, Peter Davies, Cesar Corzo, Matthew W. Allerson and Montserrat Torremorell
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:13
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  29. Post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) is a frequent, multifactorial disease of piglets leading to increased mortality rates and high economic losses. Due to the emergence of multi-resistant Escherichia coli isolates and t...

    Authors: Renzhammer René, Vetter Sebastian, Dolezal Marlies, Schwarz Lukas, Käsbohrer Annemarie and Ladinig Andrea
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:20
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  30. Tail biting is a multifactorial problem. As the health status is one of the factors commonly linked to tail biting, this study focuses on the health of identified biters. 30 (obsessive) biters are compared to ...

    Authors: I. Czycholl, K. Büttner, D. Becker, C. Schwennen, W. Baumgärtner, W. Otten, M. Wendt, C. Puff and J. Krieter
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:19
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  31. Riboflavin deficiency can lead to premature farrowing, stillborn piglets, weak-born piglets and neonatal death. Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is considered essential for reproductive function. The longer the period ...

    Authors: Camilla Torreggiani, Dominiek Maes, Luigi Franchi, Valeria Raffi, Elena Borri, Alice Prosperi, Chiara Chiapponi and Andrea Luppi
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:12
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  32. In swine intestinal barrier deterioration can be caused by exposure to harmful bacteria, toxins or contaminants that can lead to a leaky gut and post weaning diarrhoea. A leaky gut leads to increased infection...

    Authors: Niall Browne, Daniel Daly and Karina Horgan
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:18
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  33. For internal biosecurity, it is important to separate different age groups in a pig farm and to stick to specific working lines when visiting the barns. Currently, there is no research on the movements of farm...

    Authors: Elise Bernaerdt, Inmaculada Díaz, Carlos Piñeiro, Miquel Collell, Jeroen Dewulf and Dominiek Maes
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:11
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  34. Family oral fluids (FOF) sampling has been described as a sampling technique where a rope is exposed to sows and respective suckling litters and thereafter wrung to obtain fluids. PCR-based testing of FOF reve...

    Authors: Onyekachukwu H. Osemeke, Eduardo de Freitas Costa, Vinicius Weide, Swaminathan Jayaraman, Gustavo S. Silva and Daniel C. L. Linhares
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:14
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  35. Weaning is a critical phase in the pigs’ life and gut health might be compromised. Gluconic acid was shown to be poorly absorbed but readily fermented to butyrate in the gut which in turn can improve gut funct...

    Authors: Joris Michiels, Damien Truffin, Maryam Majdeddin, Mario Van Poucke, Elout Van Liefferinge, Noémie Van Noten, Mario Vandaele, Céline Van Kerschaver, Jeroen Degroote, Luc Peelman and Pierre Linder
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:10
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  36. Good estrus detection in sows is essential to predict the best moment of insemination. Nowadays, a technological innovation is available that detects the estrus of the sow via connected sensors and cameras. Th...

    Authors: Steven Verhoeven, Ilias Chantziaras, Elise Bernaerdt, Michel Loicq, Ludo Verhoeven and Dominiek Maes
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:9
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  37. In the literature, there is absent or weak evidence on the effectiveness of biosecurity measures to the control of Salmonella spp. and hepatitis E virus (HEV) on pig farms. Therefore, the present study aimed to c...

    Authors: Erika Galipó, Veit Zoche-Golob, Elena Lucia Sassu, Christopher Prigge, Marie Sjölund, Tijs Tobias, Artur Rzeżutka, Richard Piers Smith and Elke Burow
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:8
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  38. Nowadays, body and tail lesions and respiratory disease are some of the greatest problems affecting the health and welfare of pigs. The aim of the study was to measure the prevalence of pleurisy, bronchopneumo...

    Authors: Laura Amatucci, Diana Luise, Andrea Luppi, Sara Virdis, Alice Prosperi, Agatha Cirelli, Claudia Bosco and Paolo Trevisi
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:4
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  39. The 2017 Veterinary Feed Directive eliminated the use of medically important antibiotics for growth promotion of food animals; thus, alternative growth promoters are highly desirable by food animal producers t...

    Authors: Shawn M. D. Bearson, Julian M. Trachsel, Bradley L. Bearson, Crystal L. Loving, Brian J. Kerr, Daniel C. Shippy and Tadele G. Kiros
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:7
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  40. Probiotics can improve animal health by regulating intestinal flora balance, improving the structure of the intestinal mucosa, and enhancing intestinal barrier function. At present, the use of probiotics has b...

    Authors: Yue Zhang, Yuyu Zhang, Fei Liu, Yanwei Mao, Yimin Zhang, Hao Zeng, Sufang Ren, Lihui Guo, Zhi Chen, Nataliia Hrabchenko, Jiaqiang Wu and Jiang Yu
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:5
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  41. This study explores the possibility of using infrared thermography to estimate the onset of parturition in sows. Infrared camera (IRC) and infrared laser thermometer (IRT) were used to obtain the auricular ski...

    Authors: S. M. Gulliksen, T. Framstad, C. Kielland, M. A. Velazquez, M. M. Terøy, E. M. Helland, R. H. Lyngstad, A. J. Oropeza Delgado and M. Oropeza-Moe
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:3
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  42. Knowing the feed intake pattern during lactation of modern genetic sows is crucial because it allows to anticipate possible problems and maximize their performance. On the other side, electronic feeders permit...

    Authors: María Rodríguez, Gonzalo Díaz-Amor, Joaquín Morales, Yuzo Koketsu and Carlos Piñeiro
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:6
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  43. In pig husbandry, most piglets receive an intramuscular injection with iron around three days of age for the prevention of hypochromic, microcytic anaemia. In recent years an increased interest is noted for ne...

    Authors: T. J. Tobias, J. C. M. Vernooij and A. van Nes
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:2
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  44. A strain of Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), showing characteristics of enhanced virulence, affected a pyramidal production system from Spain with 7600 sows in 4 genetic nuclei and 13,...

    Authors: Gerard E. Martín-Valls, Martí Cortey, Alberto Allepuz, Francesc Illas, Montserrat Tello and Enric Mateu
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2023 9:1
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  45. Litter size is going up in modern pig production. Due to large litter size and increased farrowing duration, newborn piglets, during parturition, can suffer from asphyxiation. This alters their blood energy pa...

    Authors: Md Karim Uddin, Shah Hasan, Olli Peltoniemi and Claudio Oliviero
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2022 8:52
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  46. The practice of mixing unfamiliar pigs on farms is common but results in fighting, welfare problems and performance issues. Pigs have different ways of resolving social conflicts, including aggressive and affi...

    Authors: Míriam Marcet-Rius, Tiago Mendonça, Patrick Pageat, Sana Arroub, Cécile Bienboire-Frosini, Camille Chabaud, Eva Teruel and Alessandro Cozzi
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2022 8:50
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  47. Post weaning diarrhoea is expected to become an increasing problem in pig herds following the outphasing of medicinal Zinc Oxide. Currently, no equally effective substitute has been found and an increase in me...

    Authors: Nadia Jakobsen, Nicole Bakkegård Goecke and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2022 8:49
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  48. Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV-3) is a recently discovered pathogen of swine that has been associated with several conditions. However, many questions remain unanswered regarding its infection, especially in terms ...

    Authors: Àlex Cobos, Marina Sibila, Jaume Alomar, Mónica Pérez, Eva Huerta and Joaquim Segalés
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2022 8:51
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  49. The treatment of swine dysentery (SD) has become constrained in recent years due to the limited availability of effective drugs combined with a rise in antimicrobial resistance. Gentamicin, an aminoglycoside a...

    Authors: Clara Vega, Lucía Pérez-Pérez, Héctor Argüello, Manuel Gómez-García, Héctor Puente, Ignacio Fernández-Usón, Pedro Rubio and Ana Carvajal
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2022 8:48
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  50. Neomycin is a concentration-dependant aminoglycoside antimicrobial used to treat enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)-related post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) in pigs. The objective was to compare the efficacy of ...

    Authors: Malene Kjelin Morsing, Inge Larsen, Ken Steen Pedersen, Nicolai Rosager Weber and Jens Peter Nielsen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2022 8:46
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