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Edema disease (ED) is a severe and lethal infectious ailment in swine, stemming from Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). An efficient, user-friendly, and safe vaccine against ED is urgently required to improve animal welfare and decrease ...
Guihua Zhang +5 more
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Viruses associated with pneumonia in adults. [PDF]
Viral pneumonia, which is typically associated with disease in childhood, is increasingly recognized as causing problems in adults. Certain viruses, such as influenza virus, can attack fully immunocompetent adults, but many viruses take advantage of more-
Cesario, Thomas C
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Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of a Marine-Derived Bacillus Strain for Use as an In-Feed Probiotic for Newly Weaned Pigs [PDF]
peer-reviewedForty eight individual pigs (8.7±0.26 kg) weaned at 28±1 d of age were used in a 22-d study to evaluate the effect of oral administration of a Bacillus pumilus spore suspension on growth performance and health indicators. Treatments (n = 16)
Cassidy, Joseph P. +10 more
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Diseases caused by Escherichia coli are recognized as major problems in the swine industry, one of them being edema disease (ED). Importantly, the current decrease in antibiotic use may cause difficulties in controlling the disorders caused by E.
Susana Mesonero-Escuredo +7 more
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The development of functional protein production systems using transgenic plants as hosts has been rapidly progressing in recent years. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) has been studied as one such host, and it has been reported that the biomass of lettuce ...
Asuka Yokoyama +5 more
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The Pheno- and Genotypic Characterization of Porcine Escherichia coli Isolates
Escherichia (E.) coli is the main causative pathogen of neonatal and post-weaning diarrhea and edema disease in swine production. There is a significant health concern due to an increasing number of human infections associated with food and/or ...
Tanja Bernreiter-Hofer +20 more
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An outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in piglets in Brazil
In spite of the substantial role of Clostridium difficile in causing diarrhea in piglets, there have been few reports of the disease caused by this bacterium in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In this paper, we describe an outbreak of C.
Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva +5 more
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Viral pathogens and acute lung injury: investigations inspired by the SARS epidemic and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. [PDF]
Acute viral pneumonia is an important cause of acute lung injury (ALI), although not enough is known about the exact incidence of viral infection in ALI.
Hendrickson, Carolyn M +1 more
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Co-infecção por circovírus suíno tipo 2 e parvovírus suíno em fetos abortados e natimortos suínos no Sul do Brasil [PDF]
Estudou-se retrospectivamente (2005-2007) a associação de casos de abortos e natimortos suínos com infecções por circovírus suíno (PCV) tipos 1 e 2 e parvovírus suíno (PPV). Outros agentes patogênicos foram pesquisados em amostras de fetos com lesões.
Antoniassi, Nadia Aline Bobbi +7 more
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Shiga toxin (Stx) producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cause the edema disease in pigs by releasing the swine-pathogenic Stx2e subtype as the key virulence factor.
Johanna Detzner +7 more
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