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  1. In commercial pig farming, sick or injured sows are often treated by producers or hired staff. To date, limited quantitative data exists on treatment compliance and the possible effect on sow longevity post-tr...

    Authors: Magnus R. Campler, Jeremiah L. Cox, Heather L. Walker and Andréia G. Arruda
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:59
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  2. Serosal inclusion cysts are thin walled-structures located on the peritoneal surface of the uterus, frequently observed as multiple cystic structures in aggregates or grape-like clusters containing a clear, no...

    Authors: Elisa Ruiz-Riera, Miquel Nofrarias, Bernat Martí-Garcia, Mariano Domingo, Joaquim Segalés and Enric Vidal
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:58
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  3. Ascaris suum, the large roundworm of pigs, is one of the economically most important pig parasites worldwide. In Austria it is commonly diagnosed by monitoring livers for milk spots at the slaughterhouse and intr...

    Authors: Anja Joachim, Christian Winkler, Ursula Ruczizka, Andrea Ladinig, Michaela Koch, Alexander Tichy and Lukas Schwarz
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:57
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  4. The evaluation of the DNA damage generated in cumulus cells after mature cumulus-oocyte complexes vitrification can be considered as an indicator of oocyte quality since these cells play important roles in ooc...

    Authors: Alma López, Miguel Betancourt, Yvonne Ducolomb, Juan José Rodríguez, Eduardo Casas, Edmundo Bonilla, Iván Bahena, Socorro Retana-Márquez, Lizbeth Juárez-Rojas and Fahiel Casillas
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:56
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  5. Using Food Chain Information data to objectively identify high-risk animals entering abattoirs can represent an important step forward towards improving on-farm animal welfare. We aimed to develop and evaluate...

    Authors: Joana Pessoa, Conor McAloon, Maria Rodrigues da Costa, Edgar García Manzanilla, Tomas Norton and Laura Boyle
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:55
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  6. Porcine post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) has reemerged as an important topic in pig production, as common control strategies based on prophylactic use of antimicrobials and zinc oxide have been deemed unsustainable...

    Authors: Esben Østergaard Eriksen, Egle Kudirkiene, Anja Ejlersgård Christensen, Marianne Viuf Agerlin, Nicolai Rosager Weber, Ane Nødtvedt, Jens Peter Nielsen, Katrine Top Hartmann, Lotte Skade, Lars Erik Larsen, Karen Pankoke, John Elmerdahl Olsen, Henrik Elvang Jensen and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:54
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  7. A cross-sectional study of slaughtered pigs was conducted in Lira district, Uganda, to (1) determine the prevalence and severity of pneumonia and (2) establish relationships between pneumonia types and the ser...

    Authors: Peter Oba, Michel M. Dione, Barbara Wieland, Frank N. Mwiine and Joseph Erume
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:53
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  8. Although lots of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and genes present roles in litter size of some breeds, the information might not make it clear for the huge diversity of reproductive capability in pig breeds. T...

    Authors: Xueqin Ran, Fengbin Hu, Ning Mao, Yiqi Ruan, Fanli Yi, Xi Niu, Shihui Huang, Sheng Li, Longjiang You, Fuping Zhang, Liangting Tang, Jiafu Wang and Jianfeng Liu
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:52
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  9. In slaughterhouse, veterinarians responsible for meat inspection are often confronted with abnormalities in carcasses, not only in pigs but in all livestock species. In 2017, a veterinarian responsible for mea...

    Authors: Lukas Schwarz, Carolin Schöner, Rene Brunthaler, Herbert Weissenböck, Tanja Bernreiter-Hofer, Barbara Wallner and Andrea Ladinig
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:51
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  10. Increasing preweaning piglet mortality is a concern for veterinarians and producers in relation to sow performance and piglet welfare. Our objectives were (1) to characterize pre-weaning piglet mortality risk ...

    Authors: Yuzo Koketsu, Ryosuke Iida and Carlos Piñeiro
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:50
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  11. Horizontal transmission of Mycoplasma suis via parenteral exposure during standard practices or through bites during fightings have been identified as key epidemiological routes. However, as knowledge gaps on oth...

    Authors: Julia Ade, Mathias Ritzmann, Christopher Wöstmann, Matthias Eddicks, Sven Reese, Katharina Hoelzle, Ludwig E. Hoelzle and Julia Stadler
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:49
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  12. Fecal calprotectin is largely applied as a non-invasive intestinal inflammation biomarker in human medicine. Previous studies in pigs investigated the levels of fecal calprotectin in healthy animals only. Thus...

    Authors: Jéssica A. Barbosa, Lucas A. Rodrigues, Daniel A. Columbus, Juan C. P. Aguirre, John C. S. Harding, Vinícius S. Cantarelli and Matheus de O. Costa
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:48
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  13. Changes in haematological values occur during the reproductive cycle. In veterinary swine practice, haematological reference intervals for this period are scarce. Over past decades, there has been a remarkable...

    Authors: Gwenaël Boulbria, Charlotte Teixeira Costa, Valérie Normand, Véronique Bachy, Daphné Rochel, Mathieu Brissonnier, Pauline Berton, Franck Bouchet and Arnaud Lebret
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:47
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  14. Pain and fever in the periparturient period can lead to prolonged farrowing and can slow down the recovery of the sow, which will have an effect on the vitality and survival of the piglets. This study investig...

    Authors: Wikke Kuller, Steven Sietsma, Susan Hendriksen and Daniel Sperling
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:46
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  15. The use of processed secondary data for health monitoring of fattening pigs has been established in various areas, such as the use of antibiotics or in the context of meat inspection. Standardized scores were ...

    Authors: Julia Grosse-Kleimann, Birte Wegner, Ines Spiekermeier, Elisabeth grosse Beilage, Nicole Kemper, Hendrik Nienhoff, Heiko Plate, Henning Meyer, Hubert Gerhardy and Lothar Kreienbrock
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:45
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  16. The parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is recognized as one of the major foodborne pathogens with a high human disease burden. To control T. gondii infections in pigs, European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) advis...

    Authors: Dorien M. Eppink, Henk J. Wisselink, Inge M. Krijger, Joke W.B. van der Giessen, Manon Swanenburg, Coen P.A. van Wagenberg, Marcel A.P.M. van Asseldonk and Martijn Bouwknegt
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:44
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  17. Salmonella Typhimurium is an important zoonotic pathogen in pigs, that can cause clinical disease. Many sow herds and finishing herds are infected with Salmonella, and therefore pose a threat for the contaminatio...

    Authors: Peter van der Wolf, Maaike Meijerink, Emile Libbrecht, Gerrit Tacken, Emile Gijsen, Kathrin Lillie-Jaschniski and Verena Schüller
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:43
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  18. Direct detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae through molecular tools is a growing trend for early diagnosis, highlighting the importance of knowing M. hyopneumoniae dynamics in the respiratory tract upon infectio...

    Authors: Henrique M. S. Almeida, Marina L. Mechler-Dreibi, Karina Sonálio, Marcela M. Ferreira, Paulo E. B. Martinelli, Igor R. H. Gatto, Dominiek Maes, Hélio J. Montassier and Luís G. Oliveira
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:42
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  19. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Porcine circovirus type 2 are two economically important pathogens affecting growing pigs. Control and prevention of both diseases can be accomplished by vaccination, together with bi...

    Authors: Gwenaël Boulbria, Sophie Brilland, Charlotte Teixeira-Costa, Mathieu Brissonnier, Mathieu Charles, Nathalie Capdevielle, Valérie Normand, Franck Bouchet, Pauline Berton, Roman Krejci and Arnaud Lebret
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:41
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  20. The Norwegian LA-MRSA surveillance and control strategy in pig farms has been largely successful in preventing the establishment of MRSA in the pig population by identifying positive pig herds and eradicating ...

    Authors: O. M. Karlsen, K. D. Sandbu and C. A. Grøntvedt
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:40
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  21. Improving feed efficiency is economically and environmentally beneficial in the pig industry. A deeper understanding of feed efficiency is essential on many levels for its highly complex nature. The aim of thi...

    Authors: Jie Wu, Yong Ye, Jianping Quan, Rongrong Ding, Xingwang Wang, Zhanwei Zhuang, Shenping Zhou, Qian Geng, Cineng Xu, Linjun Hong, Zheng Xu, Enqin Zheng, Gengyuan Cai, Zhenfang Wu and Jie Yang
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:39
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  22. The lochia is the physiological uterine discharge post-partum, whereas abnormal fluids are often indicators of puerperal disorders in sows, which negatively influence the further reproductive performance. The ...

    Authors: A. Grahofer, T. Mäder and H. Nathues
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:38
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  23. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) is the causative agent of enzootic pneumonia in pigs which adversely affects animal health and welfare, in addition to causing considerable economical losses. This paper presents t...

    Authors: Stine Margrethe Gulliksen, Børge Baustad, Tore Framstad, Anne Jørgensen, Audun Skomsøy, Oddbjørn Kjelvik, Mona Gjestvang, Carl Andreas Grøntvedt and Bjørn Lium
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:37
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  24. African swine fever (ASF), caused by the ASF virus (ASFV), was first reported in Vietnam in 2019 and spread rapidly thereafter. Better insights into ASFV characteristics and early detection by surveillance cou...

    Authors: Hu Suk Lee, Vuong Nghia Bui, Duy Tung Dao, Ngoc Anh Bui, Thanh Duy Le, Minh Anh Kieu, Quang Huy Nguyen, Long Hoang Tran, Jae-Hee Roh, Kyoung-Min So, Tai-Young Hur and Sang-Ik Oh
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:36
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  25. The objective of the present study was to explore the benefits of Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2) blanket vaccination in a sow herd on productive parameters, PCV-2 infection and immune status in sows and their proge...

    Authors: Patricia Pleguezuelos, Marina Sibila, Raúl Cuadrado, Rosa López-Jiménez, Diego Pérez, Eva Huerta, Anna M. Llorens, José Ignacio Núñez, Joaquim Segalés and Sergio López-Soria
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:35
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  26. The serovar Typhimurium (4, [5],12:i:1,2), is the most frequently isolated serovar in case of salmonellosis in pigs in Europe and its monophasic variant (4, [5],12:i:-) has been increasingly responsible for Salmo...

    Authors: Mario D’Incau, Cristian Salogni, Stefano Giovannini, Jessica Ruggeri, Federico Scali, Matteo Tonni, Nicoletta Formenti, Flavia Guarneri, Paolo Pasquali and Giovanni Loris Alborali
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:34
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  27. Urinary tract infections (UTI) of sows characterized by cystitis, which may progress to ureteritis and pyelonephritis, can affect their productivity, longevity and welfare. In this study, we determined the pre...

    Authors: Mihaela Cernat, Vassilis Skampardonis, Georgios A. Papadopoulos, Fotios Kroustallas, Sofia Chalvatzi, Evanthia Petridou, Vassilios Psychas, Christina Marouda, Paschalis Fortomaris and Leonidas Leontides
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:33
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  29. Processing fluids (PF) and family oral fluids (FOF) are population-based surveillance samples collected from 2- to 5-day-old piglets and due-to-wean piglets, respectively. Although they are described for the s...

    Authors: Marcelo Nunes de Almeida, Cesar A. Corzo, Jeffrey J. Zimmerman and Daniel Correia Lima Linhares
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:31
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  30. The present paper reviews the occurrence of neoplasms in swine and presents a case series of 56 tumors submitted to the Slaughterhouse Support Network (Servei de Suport a Escorxadors [SESC] IRTA-CReSA]) from slau...

    Authors: Antonia Morey-Matamalas, Enric Vidal, Jorge Martínez, Jaume Alomar, Antonio Ramis, Alberto Marco, Mariano Domingo and Joaquim Segalés
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:30
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  31. Despite their indispensability in human medicine, fluoroquinolones (FQ) are used for the treatment of bacterial infections in farm animals which increases the risk of transferring FQ-resistant bacteria into th...

    Authors: Morena Amsler, Katrin Zurfluh, Sonja Hartnack, Xaver Sidler, Roger Stephan and Dolf Kümmerlen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:29
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  32. The duration of birth is an important factor influencing the survival of piglets and the health of sows. A prolonged parturition is usually treated with oxytocin, even though several undesirable side effects a...

    Authors: Alexander Grahofer, Ramona Bill and Heiko Nathues
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:28
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  33. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health threat consequence of antimicrobial use (AMU) in human and animal medicine. In food-producing animals factors such as management, husbandry or biosecuri...

    Authors: Oscar Mencía-Ares, Héctor Argüello, Héctor Puente, Manuel Gómez-García, Edgar G. Manzanilla, Avelino Álvarez-Ordóñez, Ana Carvajal and Pedro Rubio
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:27
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  34. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae causes a chronic respiratory disease that produces important economic losses due to poor productive performance, increased mortality and costs for several control strategies. The prevalen...

    Authors: FJ Pallarés, JA Añón, IM Rodríguez-Gómez, J Gómez-Laguna, R Fabré, JM Sánchez-Carvajal, I Ruedas-Torres and L Carrasco
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:26
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  35. The breeding population is very important in pig herds, for productivity, health and profitability. Replacement of breeding animals can be accomplished by own rearing of breeding gilts or by purchasing them. P...

    Authors: Elise Bernaerdt, Jeroen Dewulf, Robin Verhulst, Caroline Bonckaert and Dominiek Maes
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:25
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  38. There is limited information on the distribution of virulence-associated genes (VAGs) in U.S. Streptococcus suis isolates, resulting in little understanding of the pathogenic potential of these isolates. This lac...

    Authors: April A. Estrada, Marcelo Gottschalk, Aaron Rendahl, Stephanie Rossow, Lacey Marshall-Lund, Douglas G. Marthaler and Connie J. Gebhart
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:22
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  39. In breeding herds, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) clinically manifests as increased abortions, number of stillbirths, and pre-weaning mortality, and as a direct consequence, results in a ...

    Authors: D Torrents, J Miranda, PC Gauger, A Ramirez and DCL Linhares
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:21
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  40. In Germany, animal welfare has become an increasingly important issue. Since 2006, German legislation demands self-monitoring of animal welfare by farmers, but there is a lack of prescribed indicators for gove...

    Authors: Julia Grosse-Kleimann, Heiko Plate, Henning Meyer, Hubert Gerhardy, Corinna Elisabeth Heucke and Lothar Kreienbrock
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:20
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  41. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the within-herd prevalence of pars oesophageal ulcers (POU) in high-risk Danish herds using commercial diets. Furthermore, we aimed to estimate the ass...

    Authors: Juan Miguel Peralvo-Vidal, Nicolai Rosager Weber, Jens Peter Nielsen, Matthew Denwood, Svend Haugegaard and Anni Øyan Pedersen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:19
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  42. Antibiotic (AB) consumption in production animals has a high awareness among politicians and consumers due to the risk of selection for AB resistance among potentially zoonotic bacteria. However, AB treatment ...

    Authors: J. C. Lynegaard, I. Larsen, C. F. Hansen, J. P. Nielsen and C. Amdi
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:18
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  43. Although the tearing of tissues during castration is forbidden in the EU, it is still routinely applied in many countries. The goal of this study was to evaluate vocalizations and movements of male piglets und...

    Authors: Simone M. Schmid, Chiara I. Genter, Céline Heinemann and Julia Steinhoff-Wagner
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:17
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  44. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 and 4 is a zoonosis that causes hepatitis in humans. Humans can become infected by consumption of pork or contact with pigs. Pigs are the main reservoir of the virus worldwid...

    Authors: M. Meester, T. J. Tobias, M. Bouwknegt, N. E. Kusters, J. A. Stegeman and W. H. M. van der Poel
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:16
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  45. Inflammation and necrosis can appear in pigs in several parts of the body simultaneously. The signs can affect newborns, suckling piglets and older pigs, and recent studies suggest that the syndrome is primari...

    Authors: Josef Kuehling, Kathrin Eisenhofer, Mirjam Lechner, Sabrina Becker, Hermann Willems and Gerald Reiner
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:15
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  46. Genotypic variability in M. hyopneumoniae has been reported within and among herds. However, information regarding VNTR types within single lung lobes is lacking. The objective of his study was to analyse M. hyop...

    Authors: Matteo Tonni, M. Beatrice Boniotti, Sara Gasparrini, Flavia Guarneri, Nicoletta Formenti, Maria Pieters, Paolo Pasquali and Giovanni L. Alborali
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:14
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  47. Lawsonia intracellularis is causing diarrhea, poor growth and sudden death in pigs. It can be found in most pig populations leading to large economic losses worldwide. Many potential risk factors for the occurren...

    Authors: Mirjam Arnold, Annelies Crienen, Hanny Swam, Stephan v. Berg, Rika Jolie and Heiko Nathues
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:13
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  48. Internal parasites are common in pigs worldwide and may induce clinical disease or subclinical infections with negative effects such as poor weight gain and reduced welfare, which in turn affect productivity. ...

    Authors: Emelie Pettersson, Marie Sjölund, Torun Wallgren, Eva Osterman Lind, Johan Höglund and Per Wallgren
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:12
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  49. Nutritional strategies for sows designed to reduce peripartum stress are suggested to support postpartum recovery and productivity. Spray-dried plasma (SDP) in sow feed has been reported to benefit sow and lit...

    Authors: Joe Crenshaw, Laura Lafoz del Río, Luis Sanjoaquin, Simon Tibble, Francesc González-Solé, David Solà-Oriol, Carmen Rodriguez, Joy Campbell and Javier Polo
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:11
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  50. Managing body weight (BW) variation is a challenge in farrow-to-finish farms implementing all-in/all-out (AIAO) production systems due to the lack of “off-site” facilities to segregate slow growing pigs (SGP)....

    Authors: Maria Rodrigues da Costa, Edgar García Manzanilla, Alessia Diana, Nienke van Staaveren, Alberto Torres-Pitarch, Laura Ann Boyle and Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2021 7:10
    Content type: Case study Published on:
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