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Intestinal integrity is just as relevant as vaccination protocols in inducing adequate immunity to environmental challenges.

When we must treat many animals (e.g. when blanket vaccinations or antiparasitic treatments must be administered), injections must be fast.

Vitamin D₃ plays a central role in the immune response of swine . 25-OH D₃ may be a more efficient source to improve vitamin D status of pigs than cholecalciferol.

Percentage of prolapsed sows has consistently increased every year, from 4.8 in 2012 to 10.2% in 2016.

Gilt acclimation was performed in 78% surveyed European farms; vaccination, alone or combined with natural exposure to infected animals, was the main used strategy.

It is very important to analyze new PRRSV sequences against a broad reference set representing the farm, the system and the region, as well as the sequences of available commercial vaccines (this will make it possible to differentiate between field and vaccine strains).

It is very likely that the swine nutrition industry will be shaped in the near future by the study of the microbiome.