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Occurrence of dysentery-like diarrhoea associated with Brachyspira suanatina infection on a German fattening pig farm

According to the initial report from Scandinavia, B. suanatina can be isolated from birds and cross-species infection could be demonstrated infecting pigs with an avian isolate.

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Our new senior management team is now complete A second managing director for IDT Biologika

The new senior management team at IDT Biologika in Dessau is now complete. On January 22, Dr. Christian Wirth took up the role of second managing director and head of the animal health unit. In August of the previous year, Andreas Kastenbauer had assumed overall responsibility of the family-run company, taking on the position of managing director. IDT Biologika therefore once again has two people at its helm.

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Effect of Cu supplementation at 15 and 160 mg/kg on piglet weight gain

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Impact of zinc and copper in piglet feeds presented at JRP

Innovative sources of zinc and copper, tools for nutritionists to face regulatory changes in the European Union.

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New ASF outbreak in domestic pigs in Romania

Romania has confirmed a new ASF outbreak in domestic pigs. The last one occurred last January.

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Immunonutrition in swine

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

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Increase injection speed

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

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Reproductive ratio for the local spread of African Swine Fever in wild boars in the Russian Federation

The study identifies the ASF transmission rate value in affected natural wild populations, for the first time, which could provide basis for modelling ASF transmission.

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Germany: new regulations on the use of antibiotics in animals

The new regulations are part of the implementation of the German Antibiotic Resistances Strategy DART 2020.

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The importance of vitamin D for the immune system in swine

Vitamin D₃ plays a central role in the immune response of swine . 25-OH D₃may be a more efficient source to improve vitamin D status of pigs than cholecalciferol.

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EU: the role of hunters in the control of ASF

A brochure has been published, in several languages, on the important role of hunters in the control of African swine fever.

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Stonehaven incubate appoints Dr Mark Heffernan as CEO

The company, which officially launches this month at the Human Biotech and Animal Health Summit in Boston, has been formed as a vehicle for human biotechnology companies to expand their innovations into the animal health sector.

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Russian meetings with French association of pork producers and processors

The president of the association Guillaume Roue noted that the cooperation in the field of ASF is extremely important today for the French pork industry.

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Fig 2. Yearly plot of proportion of sows with prolapses by total sows dead estimate across 2012 and 2016 (95% confident interval). Estimated rates with similar superscripts (a-d) are not statistically different.

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Uterine prolapses in North American production sow herds (1/2): Rate of prolapses over time

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

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Figure 1. Information related with gilt acclimation collected by the survey.

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Replacement acclimation practices for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae used in Europe

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

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Figure 1. The genome of PRRSV is a single stranded RNA molecule.

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PRRSV sequencing and its use in practice

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).

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Figure 1. Some bacterial genera found in swine faeces. T1 is the control. T2 is a group treated with a mix of Bacillus in the feed.

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The swine gut microbiome

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