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Neonatal diarrhoea is a serious problem for farmers and vets. Affected piglets can develop severe diarrhoea from 1–2 h to 7 days following birth.

Depending on the levels of maternal derived immunity, a potential interference of vaccine intake may happen, jeopardizing vaccine seroconversion and efficacy.

This article presents the main characteristics of the vaccines that can be found on the market.

Autogenous vaccines fill the gaps left by commercial vaccines. The fact that they use on-farm strains makes them very specific and versatile.

What if this novel vaccination route could easily be incorporated into current animal husbandry practices and protect animals against disease?

Nutritional immunomodulation can be used for real-time adjustments to guide the immune system in protective directions.

Needle-free vaccination has many advantages over conventional vaccination, but it is not as comfortable to do. This trick gives us a solution.

Bacteria in the gut microbiota that stimulate the immune response to vaccines in pigs also stimulate growth.

Nutritional programs that manipulate the microbiota and mucosa towards the correct balance should be incorporated for the S. suis control program.

Answers to a series of frequently asked questions regarding vaccine usage and their interaction with the immune system.

Pork producers and veterinarians need to be aware that the porcine parvovirus (PPV) has been evolving into new strains.

Serious problems occurred much less frequently with genotype a than with genotype b. Why did the frequency of these genotypes change?

Its high survivability in the environment, a long infective period, limited cross-protection, strains with different pathogenicity, and lateral infections make stabilization difficult.

This vaccine looks promising, but... are we going to see it in Europe?

Exposure methods: natural, intranasal, intra-tracheal, aerosol or vaccination.

A newly produced PCR-based test can help assigning all known App serotypes, which can be used to select the most appropriate vaccine.