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Figure 1. Litter sampling (only piglets exposed to a cotton rope) and family sampling (both sow and piglets are exposed to a cotton rope).

PRRSV surveillance on the breeding herd - is oral fluids from suckling piglets an alternative?

Oral fluids are practical, fast, easy, cost-effective and reliable methods for sampling pig populations, but it has not been easy or practical to obtain such samples from suckling piglets...

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No clear effect of initiating vaccination on the amounts of prescribed antimicrobials

We studied the change in amounts of antimicrobials prescribed for weaners and finishers in Danish herds duriong 2007-2013 following initiation of vaccination against five common endemic infections.

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Update on the host genetics of resistance to porcine diseases

Dr. Jack Dekkers, Animal Breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, from the 2016 North American PRRS Symposium, December 3‐4, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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Russia backs FAO work to tackle antimicrobial resistance

New project will address AMR risks in food and agriculture in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

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Gastric ulcers in pigs

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Host-pathogen interplay at primary infection sites in pigs challenged with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

This study implies a metabolic adaptation of A. pleuropneumoniae to the porcine upper respiratory tract already during early infection.

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Sketch showing a bronchoalveolar lavage and bronchial scraping

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Sampling for the detection of agents of the porcine respiratory disease complex: Bronchoalveolar lavage or bronchial scraping?

Many veterinarians find bronchial scraping a less invasive and, above all, simpler sampling method than bronchoalveolar lavage.

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Spain alerts of the presence of foot-and-mouth disease in Algeria

The MAPAMA reports that all the prevention measures implemented in 2014 in the face of the circulation of serotype O in the North of Africa are still in force.

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Figure 1. Annual incidence of human salmonellosis from Danish pork (Annual Report, Danish Zoonosis Centre)

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Salmonella control in the pig and pork production in Denmark – lessons learnt

The success of the Danish salmonella program in pigs and pork is a result of improvements in slaughterhouse hygiene, more than it can be attributed to control in primary production. Today focus is on the end result, measured as carcass prevalence.

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An experimental study demonstrates that llamas and pigs are susceptible to the virus MERS-CoV

Researchers from the IRTA-CReSA in collaboration with researchers from the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (the Netherlands), studied the susceptibility of different animal species to infection with MERS-CoV.

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Sodium butyrate supplementation in lactating sows and nursery pigs

Coated sodium butyrate supplementation may improve immunoglobulin concentration in milk.

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USDA to support antimicrobial resistance research

USDA announces $11 million to support antimicrobial resistance research.

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Colombia: the main pig producing region could be declared free of CSF

The WOAH's Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases recommended that the region is declared free of CSF during the WOAH's general meeting next May.

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Serological follow-up of tuberculosis in a wild boar population in contact with infected cattle

There is an increasing concern in several European countries over the role that tuberculosis (TB)-infected wild boar may play in the progress of bovine TB eradication campaigns. In Spain, the wild boar is the main wild reservoir of tuberculosis.

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Summary On Recent Time-to-PRRS-Stability Research

Summary On Recent Time-to-PRRS-Stability Research - Dr. Daniel Linhares, from the 2016 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 17-20, 2016, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

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An update of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae serotyping

Results indicate that B. hyodysenteriae has a high degree of serological heterogeneity that has probably differently developed in diverse geographical areas over time.