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  2. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) persists on certain farms despite vaccination and control efforts, with genetic diversity suspected as a contributing factor. This study examined the...

    Authors: H. Clilverd, G. E. Martín-Valls, Y. Li, I. Domingo-Carreño, M. Martín, M. Cortey and E. Mateu
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:26
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  3. This study aimed to analyze the antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity of Klebsiella pneumoniae(K. pneumoniae) isolates from pigs, evaluate their potential threat to pig farming and public health, and provide...

    Authors: Sheng-Hui Wan, Nana Li, Pei Zheng, Yanfang Li, Yan Liang and Yonggang Qu
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:25
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  5. The often disappointing intake of creep feed by suckling piglets coincides with a limited ability to cope with challenges such as weaning diarrhoea. Investigating the dietary nutrient profile of piglets (Sus scro...

    Authors: Renjie Yao, Hubèrt M. J. van Hees, An Cools, Sebastián A. Ballari, Dominiek Maes and Geert P. J. Janssens
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:23
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  6. Synchronized parturition is essential for optimizing batch production and implementing effective "all-in/all-out" management strategies. However, the efficacy of exogenous hormones in regulating parturition an...

    Authors: Hongmei Gao, Miaolian Peng, Rongzhi Zhong, Zhenhua Xue, Zhenqiang Liu, Shiqiao Weng, Longchao Zhang, Dong Wang, Yan Liu, Jianhui Tian and Lixian Wang
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:22
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  7. Surgical castration causes severe pain to young piglets. In addition, piglets experience intense stress from handling and restraining during the procedure. Furthermore, piglets must be restrained twice when re...

    Authors: Ann-Helena Hokkanen, Mathilde Coutant, Mari Heinonen, Marianna Norring, Magdy Adam, Claudio Oliviero, Tiina Bergqvist and Anna Valros
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:21
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  8. Porcine Periweaning Failure to Thrive syndrome (PFTS) is a complex and scarcely investigated syndrome that has been of increasing concern in the swine industry during the last decade. Its aetiology is believed...

    Authors: Macarena Rodríguez-Ruiz, Librado Carrasco, Inés Ruedas-Torres, José M. Sánchez-Carvajal, Karola Fristiková, Carmen Álvarez-Delgado, Irene M. Rodríguez-Gómez, Jaime Gómez-Laguna and Francisco J. Pallarés
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:20
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  9. Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M hyo) are two of the most important swine pathogens with variable clinical presence in swine farms globally, affecting health and performance of pigs und...

    Authors: Panagiotis Tassis, Suzanne Pel, Dimitrios Floros, Kim ter Haar, Qi Cao, Ioannis Tsakmakidis, Vassileios Papatsiros, Niki Ntarampa, Ioannis Arsenakis and Eleni D. Tzika
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:19
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  10. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and influenza A virus (IAV) are swine pathogens that can significantly impact the performance of post-weaning pigs. While oral fluid (OF) samples are...

    Authors: Onyekachukwu Henry Osemeke, Isadora Machado, Mafalda Mil-Homens, Grant Allison, Michael Paustian, Daniel C. L. Linhares and Gustavo S. Silva
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:18
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  11. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a serious public health threat due to its zoonotic potential and resistance to several antibiotic classes. Pig farming is recognized as a key reservoir for...

    Authors: Susanne Sawodny, Annemarie Käsbohrer, Laura Bröker, Clair Firth and Tatiana Marschik
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:17
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  12. Magnolia officinalis is a medicinal herb known for its pharmacological properties and as a potential natural feed additive. We aimed to assess the effects of dietary Magnolia officinalis extract (MOE) on the grow...

    Authors: Chen Zhang, Bifan Liu, Zhijuan Cui, Kunfu Wu, Haibo Huang, Yongliang Wang, Xiaokang Ma and Bi’e Tan
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:16
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  13. Glässer’s disease, caused by Glaesserella parasuis (G. parasuis), is a widespread bacterial infection in swine that leads to significant economic losses. G. parasuis, a member of the normal microbiota within the

    Authors: Wei-Hao Lin, Zhu-Wei Liou, Szu-Min Lin, Cheng-Yao Yang, Chuen-Fu Lin, Yung-Fu Chang, Chao-Nan Lin and Ming-Tang Chiou
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:15
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  14. The combined, intradermal application of multiple vaccines against key diseases in swine offers many benefits, including reduced time and labor costs, and improved animal welfare due to fewer injections and ma...

    Authors: Basav N. Hangalapura, Maarten Witvliet, Antonius A.C. Jacobs and Ruud P.A.M. Segers
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:14
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  15. Pain in pigs needs to be managed and treated to the benefit of individual pigs. It is imperative for veterinarians and farmers to assure that pigs do not suffer from unnecessary pain that can be relieved. This...

    Authors: Julia Kschonek, Kathrin Deters, Moana Miller, Jennifer Reinmold, Lara Twele, Ilka Emmerich, Sabine Kästner, Nicole Kemper, Lothar Kreienbrock, Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Michael Wendt and Elisabeth grosse Beilage
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:13
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  16. Pigs can suffer from pain due to spontaneously occurring diseases, wounds, injuries, trauma, and physiological conditions such as the farrowing process; however, this pain is often neglected. To increase knowl...

    Authors: Julia Kschonek, Lara Twele, Kathrin Deters, Moana Miller, Jennifer Reinmold, Ilka Emmerich, Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Nicole Kemper, Lothar Kreienbrock, Michael Wendt, Sabine Kästner and Elisabeth grosse Beilage
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:12
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  17. Mycoplasma (M.) hyopharyngis, M. hyopneumoniae, M. hyorhinis, and M. hyosynoviae can all be transiently present in the swine tonsils without causing any clinical signs or lesions. M. hyopharyngis is considered a ...

    Authors: Eszter Zsófia Nagy, Dorottya Földi, Fruzsina Madzig, Enikő Wehmann, Adél Orosz, András Kempf, László Buza, János Mátyus, László Búza, Dénes Grózner, Zsuzsa Kreizinger and Miklós Gyuranecz
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:11
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  18. In 2020, a highly virulent PRRSV-1 strain emerged in Spain and rapidly spread across the country. The purpose of the present study was to test in a piglet model whether a commercial PRRSV-1 modified live vacci...

    Authors: M. Cortey, M. Jiménez, L. Aguirre, J. M. Sánchez-Carvajal, J. Gómez-Laguna, I. Domingo-Carreño, H. Clilverd, M. Marcos, R. Menjon, S. Von Berg and E. Mateu
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:10
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  19. The benefits of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) modified live virus vaccines (MLV) have been largely proven, however, the safety of these vaccines is questioned since vaccine strains can r...

    Authors: Arnaud Lebret, Patricia Renson, Mathieu Brissonnier, Céline Chevance, Valérie Normand, Justine Favrel, Jean-François Da-Costa, Justine Jeusselin, Théo Nicolazo, Yannick Blanchard, Olivier Bourry and Gwenaël Boulbria
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:9
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  20. Atypical porcine pestivirus (APPeV), also known as Pestivirus scrofae, is a member of the Pestivirus genus within the Flaviviridae family. Experimental infections have directly linked APPeV to congenital tremor (...

    Authors: Lilla Dénes, Mihály Albert, Barbara Igriczi and Gyula Balka
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:8
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  21. Streptococcus suis (S. suis) infections are responsible for a large disease burden in piglets during the nursery phase, compromising animal welfare and increasing antibiotic use. The immune gap caused by decrease...

    Authors: Sandra Vreman, Rutger Jansen, Mikael Bastian, Patricia Beckers, Miriam van Riet, Helmi Fijten, Jan Fledderus, Astrid de Greeff, Hélène Winkelman, Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Lluís Fabà, Henk J. Wisselink and Manouk Vrieling
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:7
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  22. Stevia glycosides (SGs) have been widely used as an ideal sugar alternative in the food industry. However, the potential application of SGs mixture in the diets of weaned piglets remains unexplored. This study...

    Authors: Yunxia Xiong, Zhentao He, Qiwen Wu, Hao Xiao, Shuting Cao, Xuefen Yang, Yajing Li, Zongyong Jiang, Cui Zhu and Li Wang
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:6
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  23. Digestive disorders are one of the main health problems in suckling piglets. The correct visual identification of feces in suckling piglets is an important tool for the diagnosis of enteric diseases. The aim o...

    Authors: Ana Maria Pons, Blanca González, Joan Pujols, Jordi Serratosa, Joaquim Segalés, Ernesto A. Gómez and Jorge Martínez
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:5
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  24. Umbilical outpouchings (UOs) in pigs are a multifactorial disease and little is known about effective prevention strategies and risk factors for UO development. UOs are common in Danish pigs and legislation co...

    Authors: Marie-Louise Hansen, Inge Larsen, Tina Birk Jensen, Charlotte Sonne Kristensen and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:4
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  25. Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a major swine pathogen and a significant zoonotic agent, causing substantial economic losses in the swine sector and having considerable public health importance. The control and m...

    Authors: Ervin Albert, István Emil Kis, Krisztián Kiss, Katalin K-Jánosi, Tamás Révész and Imre Biksi
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:3
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  26. Monitoring or surveillance of infectious diseases is crucial in terms of herd health management of livestock. Investigations of oral fluids have become an animal friendly routine strategy to monitor respirator...

    Authors: Matthias Eddicks, Gerald Reiner, Sigena Junker, Hermann Willems, Sabrina Becker, Julia Stadler, Josefine Hagn and Mathias Ritzmann
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:2
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  27. Group housing of sows has been extensively studied since the EU banned gestation crating. Well-managed group-housing promotes sow welfare, but the impact varies based on factors such as feeding, group characte...

    Authors: Kaisa Ryytty Sylvén, Torun Wallgren, Pontus Almerheim, Lena Eliasson Selling, Magdalena Jacobson and Per Wallgren
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2025 11:1
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  28. Oral fluid contains analytes that may be reflective of health and welfare in pig herds. Additionally, oral fluid collection is a more convenient and cost-effective option when compared to blood sampling, incre...

    Authors: Mario Andre S. Ornelas, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, José J. Cerón, Alba Ortín-Bustillo, María José López-Martínez, Carla Correia-Gomes, Finola C. Leonard and Lorena Franco-Martínez
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:62
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  29. Umbilical lesions in pigs have a negative impact on animal welfare and productivity. It has been suggested that lifting young piglets by one hind leg may be a risk factor for developing omphalitis and umbilica...

    Authors: Kristiane Barington, Marie Høy Hansen, Amanda Bastian Andersen, Ken Steen Pedersen and Inge Larsen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:61
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  30. This study investigated the effects of dietary 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) supplementation on growth performance, apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD), blood profile, intestinal morphology, transcriptomic...

    Authors: Yinzhao Xia, Xie Peng, Jiani Mao, Ju Luo, Huifeng Li, Dengjun Ma and Zhenguo Yang
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:60
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  31. Respiratory disease is an economically important disease in the swine industry. Housing air quality control is crucial for maintaining the respiratory health of pigs. However, maintaining air quality is a limi...

    Authors: Eddiemar Baguio Lagua, Hong-Seok Mun, Keiven Mark Bigtasin Ampode, Hae-Rang Park, Md Sharifuzzaman, Md Kamrul Hasan, Young-Hwa Kim and Chul-Ju Yang
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:59
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  32. Salmonella is widespread in pig husbandry and pork is an important source for human salmonellosis. Surveillance programmes are conducted in many European countries and various management measures are implemented ...

    Authors: Thies Nicolaisen, Hubertus Vornholz, Monika Köchling, Kathrin Lillie-Jaschniski, Detert Brinkmann, Jörg Vonnahme and Isabel Hennig-Pauka
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:58
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  33. Glaesserella parasuis (G. parasuis) is the primary agent of Glässer’s disease, significantly affecting nursery and early fattening piglets. Current prophylactic measures, mainly serovar-specific bacterins adminis...

    Authors: Alba González-Fernández, Oscar Mencía-Ares, María José García-Iglesias, Máximo Petrocchi-Rilo, Rubén Miguélez-Pérez, Alberto Perelló-Jiménez, Elena Herencia-Lagunar, Vanessa Acebes-Fernández, César B. Gutiérrez-Martín and Sonia Martínez-Martínez
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:57
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  34. The herd age structure, i.e., distribution of sows within a farm based on their parity number, and its management are essential to optimizing farm reproductive efficiency. The objective of this study is to def...

    Authors: Santos Sanz-Fernández, Cipriano Díaz-Gaona, João Simões, José Carlos Casas-Rosal, Nuria Alòs, Llibertat Tusell, Raquel Quintanilla and Vicente Rodríguez-Estévez
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:56
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  36. Umbilical outpouchings (UO) are common in Danish weaners. In slaughter pigs UOs consist of various pathological diagnoses; however, no studies have assessed the pathology in weaners from randomly selected herd...

    Authors: Marie-Louise Hansen, Inge Larsen, Tina Birk Jensen, Charlotte Sonne Kristensen and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:54
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  37. Several surveys conducted at slaughter sites have highlighted that gastric lesions are a widespread issue in fattening pigs, mainly due to feeding regimes. Diets with small particle sizes and low fibre content...

    Authors: M. Spanghero, M. Braidot, M. Orioles, C. Sarnataro, I. Pividori and A. Romanzin
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:53
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  38. Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) is a recently discovered swine pathogen associated with reproductive disease. To date, clinical problems linked to PCV3 have been described in intensive rearing pig farms. The prese...

    Authors: Àlex Cobos, Marina Sibila, Eva Huerta, Mónica Pérez, Marcial Marcos, Rut Menjón, Marta Jiménez, Laura Gálvez and Joaquim Segalés
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:52
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  40. Glutamine is a nonessential amino acid and the most abundant amino acid found in the seminal plasma and sperm-rich fraction of boar semen. Glutamine plays an important role in enhancing glutathione (GSH) synth...

    Authors: Morakot Nuntapaitoon, Padet Tummaruk and Junpen Suwimonteerabutr
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:50
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  41. Aggregated samples such as oral fluids (OFs) display an animal friendly and time and cost-efficient sample type for swine Influenza A virus (swIAV) monitoring. However, further molecular and biological charact...

    Authors: K. Grau, K. Lillie-Jaschniski, A. Graaf-Rau, T. Harder, M. Eddicks, S. Zöls, Y. Zablotski, M. Ritzmann and J. Stadler
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:49
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  42. Three experiments were conducted separately to determine the optimum standardized ileal digestible (SID) valine (Val) to lysine (Lys) ratio for early finishing (Experiment 1, 40 to 75 kg bodyweight), finishing...

    Authors: Zijuan Wu, Wenli Li and Yali Li
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:48
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  43. Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is a frequently occurring health and welfare issue in weaned piglets. Behavioral changes indicating impaired health may be detectable before the onset of signs and could be useful t...

    Authors: Vivian L. Witjes, Fleur Veldkamp, Francisca C. Velkers, Ingrid C. de Jong, Ellen Meijer, Johanna M. J. Rebel, Jan A. Stegeman and Tijs J. Tobias
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:47
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  45. All-in, all-out with strict hygienic routines is necessary in modern pig production. Furthermore, a standardised, validated method is needed to quantitatively control the effect of these hygiene protocols. Thi...

    Authors: Lisa Dahlin, Ingrid Hansson, Nils Fall, Axel Sannö and Magdalena Jacobson
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:45
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  46. Neutralizing antibodies against PRRSV are capable of conferring protection against viral reinfection, but they tend to be strain specific and usually have poor cross-reactivity. Nonetheless, it has been descri...

    Authors: Jaime Castillo-Pérez, Francisco Javier Martínez-Lobo, Raquel Frómeta, José María Castro, Isabel Simarro and Cinta Prieto
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:44
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  47. Haemorrhagic bowel syndrome (HBS) is one of the most common causes of death in fattening pigs worldwide. The objective of this descriptive study was to systematically assess predictors or causal components for...

    Authors: Fabienne Holenweger, Peter Spring, Negar Khayatzadeh, Andreas Hofer, Gertraud Schüpbach-Regula and Alexander Grahofer
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:43
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  48. A high number of stillborn piglets has a negative impact on production and animal welfare. It is an important contributor to piglet mortality around farrowing and continues to rise with the increase of prolifi...

    Authors: Charlotte Teixeira Costa, Gwenaël Boulbria, Christophe Dutertre, Céline Chevance, Théo Nicolazo, Valérie Normand, Justine Jeusselin and Arnaud Lebret
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:42
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  49. The IgM protease (IdeSsuis gene; Gene ID 8153996) of Streptococcus suis is a putative virulence factor that has been shown to be a protective vaccine antigen for pigs (Seele et al. Vaccine 33:2207–12, 2015). To a...

    Authors: A. A. C. Jacobs, A. W. F. Grommen, S. Badbanchi, A. J. van Hout, T. J. van Kasteren-Westerneng, L. Garcia Morales, R. Bron and R. P. A. M. Segers
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:41
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  50. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has significant productivity and economic impacts in swine herds. Accurately determining the PRRSV status at the herd level is crucial for producers ...

    Authors: Mingyu Fan, Yang Li, Zhiqiang Hu, Lujie Bian, Weisheng Wu, Wei Liu, Meng Li, Xinglong wang, Jing Ren, Lili Wu and Xiaowen Li
    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2024 10:39
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