Abstracts - Pig health

Prebiotic supplementation in sows could enhance piglet immunity.

Gama-aminobutyric acid supplementation reduces liver inflammation improving the feed conversion ratio of growing-finishing pigs.

The goal of this work was to profile, with molecular methods, A. suis isolated from diseased pigs and to compare them to other isolates.

Probiotics supplementation in weanling diet may reduce risk of diarrhea in challenged piglets while combined with prebiotic compounds may reduce diarrhea in severe scenarios.

Infectious ASF virus particles were rapidly destroyed at day 3.

A high frequency of porcine rotavirus A was detected in lungs from pigs with respiratory disease.

Drier conditions substantially increased the use of bait sites by wild pigs.

In homologous re-challenged pigs, no clinical signs or lesions were observed, while prior exposition to a different PEDV G1b variant or SeCoV only provided partial cross-protection.

The study shows it is feasible to use a system to quantify the water use and wastage patterns of pigs in farm buildings.

Future research is needed to generate data on the main factors influencing the survival and transmission of ASFV in feed material.

For this trial, dry disinfectant was the most efficacious in reducing the viral RNA on both boots and subsequent surfaces.

Little evidence was found that most scents attracted wild pigs.

Approaches to ASF vaccinology and the key constraints involved in the scale-up and commercialization of vaccine candidates.

This study demonstrated the presence of multiple PRRSV lineages, sub-lineages, and variants in swine herds and its potential association with swine reproductive performance under field conditions.

Preliminary results displayed a great potential for disease detection and characterization using salivary biomarkers profiling.

It may take two weeks or longer to detect ASF in a finisher swine herd via mild clinical signs or increased mortality.

Farmers could achieve and maintain the Raised Without Antibiotics status through farm-specific coaching related to prudent antimicrobial usage and improved biosecurity.

This is the first report of the detection and genetic characterisation of the PCV-2e genotype in Europe, from sows on a farm in Italy.

Viral pathogens of pigs can survive in representative volumes of feed and feed ingredients during long-distance commercial transport across the continental United States.

Results emphasize the need to implement surveillance and transmission preventive protocols at the pig/human interface.

Feed matrices are able to extend the survival of Senecavirus A and consumption of contaminated feed can lead to productive Senecavirus A infection.

This paper aims to provide recommendations to design a search strategy to find ASF-infected wild boar carcasses.

This study investigated the association between the presence of PCV3 mRNA detected by in situ hybridization within histological lesions and PCV3 DNA detected by real-time PCR in naturally infected pigs.

The effects of different boars from the Duroc and Pietrain breeds on the prevalence of swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome in their offspring.