United States: infections from some foodborne germs increased
Infections from Campylobacter has risen up to 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2006-2008.
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Isolation of Brachyspira hampsonii from migrating waterfowl in Spain
Different species of waterfowl should be considered a potential source of B. hampsonii for swine.
Pleurisy: economic impact and strategies for management in swine farms
The prevalence of pleurisy is surprisingly high among pigs at slaughter. A recent review of available data ranged from 12.5% in the UK, 26% in Spain, to 41% of individual pigs slaughtered in one Norwegian study.
China confirms FMD in Tibet
The National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory on Monday confirmed the cases as type A foot-and-mouth disease.
China: farms on alert
Beijing is closely watching poultry at 900 farms and migratory birds at 287 water areas for possible H7N9 infection.
An investigation into the association between cpb2-encoding Clostridium perfringens type A and diarrhea in neonatal piglets
The number of cpb2-positive type A C. perfringens in the intestinal contents was not a useful approach for making a diagnosis of type A C. perfringens enteritis in piglets.
Ireland: PRRS outbreak
The country’s largest producer of pig semen is investigating how blue ear disease has entered its boar stud.
Advances in the foot-and-mouth disease eradication process in the Andean region
Since the appearance of the foot-and-mouth disease in the Andean territory more than 50 years ago, outbreaks were detected every year. This tendency was broken in 2012, the first year without outbreaks.
PCV2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: co-infection and co-vaccination
Experimental Mhyo and PCV2 co-inoculations have resulted in somewhat divergent results.
China confirms foot and mouth disease
The outbreak is located in Hailipaiquke Village (Luopu, Hetian).
Selection for increased number of piglets at day five after farrowing has increased litter size and reduced piglet mortality
Selection for litter size at day five after farrowing (LS5) was introduced in 2004 in order to increase number of piglets weaned and reduce piglet mortality in Danish Landrace and Yorkshire.
Clinical case: The case of sudden deaths and oedema in different age groups of pigs
A sudden death of animals, with no prior symptoms of disease, and clinical symptoms such as massive facial, ears and forechest oedema, as well as an increase of body temperature to 41.5ºC, were observed.
Dietary copper affects small intestine physiology in weanling pigs
Giving 225 mg of Cu/kg as Cu chloride may reduce intestinal oxidative stress than by using Cu sulfate in weanling pigs.
China: pigs to be tested for H7N9 virus
China's agriculture authority has expanded the monitoring for the H7N9 strain of bird flu to pigs in order to have a better understanding of the virus.
China: pig carcasses found floating in Hunan river
Scores of dead pigs have been retrieved from a Central China waterway.
PCV2 infection before and during an outbreak of PMWS on a pig farm in the UK
The findings of this study highlight the potential role of the immune status of the sow on the occurrence of PMWS.