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ArticleThe role of the microbiome in PRRS
By Dr. Megan Niederwerder, Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, from the 2016 North American PRRS Symposium, December 3‐4, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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European Union: Salmonella outbreaks has fallen by 41% since 2010
There were 4,362 reported foodborne outbreaks in 2015. The most common cause of outbreaks was Salmonella associated with consumption of eggs. However, the number of Salmonella outbreaks has fallen by 41% since 2010.
Influenza A virus in swine: situation in European countries
In the wake of the so-called “swine flu” a European surveillance program was carried out in 2013-2015: H1N1pdm is present in several European countries, and at particularly high prevalence in Britain and Ireland.
PRRS: Time to stability and time to baseline production study
The purpose of this study was to compare efficacy of LCE (load-close-expose) using attenuated PRRSV to that using live-virus exposure on breeding herds acutely infected with PRRSv.
Significant increase in losses due to the ASF in Russia
Costs due to ASF outbreaks exceeded 1,200 million rubles, that’s 12.6 times more than in 2015.
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae recovered from the environment of a swine farrow-to-finish operation
Of 30 environmental samples collected from a nursery room on our initial visit, 2 (7%) samples yielded 3 isolates: 2 ST 218 Escherichia coli and 1 Proteus mirabilis, carrying the metallo-β-lactamase gene blaIMP-27 on IncQ1 plasmids.
EMA recommends banning the therapeutic use of zinc oxide in pigs
The Committee therefore recommended the refusal of the granting of the marketing authorisations and the withdrawal of the existing marketing authorisations for veterinary medicinal products containing zinc oxide.
Protecting pigs with microbes
How can we expect our livestock to acquire a healthy microbiome when there is such limited exposure to the microbes that they evolved with?
Amended measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States
The ocurence of new cases of ASF in wild boars in parts of Latvia and Poland has led the Commission to extend restrictions in these areas. In contrast, in certain areas of Latvia and Lithuania the situation in domestic pigs has improved.
Efficacy of oxytetracycline dose in drinking water on diarrhoea, faecal shedding of Lawsonia intracellularis
In general, all oxytetracycline doses used for the treatment of Lawsonia intracellularis infection resulted in reduced diarrhoea and Lawsonia intracellularis shedding after treatment.
Immune responses and virus shedding in pigs following different A(H1N1)09 infection routes
The differences in shedding pattern and cytokine and immune responses are important for studies of disease pathogenesis and assessment of vaccine protective efficacy.
Russia confirms new outbreaks of ASF
An outbreak was confirmed on a commercial pig farm with a total of 5.165 susceptible animals.
A 10-day vacancy period after cleaning and disinfection has no effect on the bacterial load in pig nursery units
Prolonging the vacancy period in nursery units to 10 days after disinfection with no extra biosecurity measures has no impact on the environmental load of total aerobic flora, E. coli, faecal coliforms, MRSA and Enterococcus spp..
France : target figure for the Ecoantibio Plan has nearly been reached
The target figure for the Ecoantibio Plan has nearly been reached with a drop of 20.1% in the exposure of animals to antibiotics (all families) over the past 4 years (2012-2015 inclusive).
Infectious agents identified in aborted porcine foetuses
PCV-2 and PRRS are the most common infectious causes of abortions. Most abortions are also found to occur during the colder months, regardless of their cause.
Are people living near modern swine production facilities at increased risk of Influenza virus infection?
Findings suggest that concentrated swine feeding operations amplified transmission of influenza during years in which H1N1 was circulating.