Health advantages of transition to batch management system in farrow-to-finish pig herds [PDF]
Sow batch management systems have become more popular due to advantages in labour planning, piglet batch sizes, all-in all-out practices and health management. The present study investigated the potential health advantages of 10 selected farrow-to-finish
De Graef, E+4 more
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A socio-psychological investigation into limitations and incentives concerning reporting a clinically suspect situation aimed at improving early detection of classical swine fever outbreaks [PDF]
The aim of this study was to identify limitations and incentives in reporting clinically suspect situations, possibly caused by classical swine fever (CSF), to veterinary authorities with the ultimate aim to facilitate early detection of CSF outbreaks ...
Elbers, A.R.W.+4 more
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Awareness of Swine Flu Among the Medical Students of Shaikh Zayed Medical College Rahim Yar Khan [PDF]
Bacckground: Swine flu is a viral disease affecting upper as well as lower respiratory tracts. Due to limited resources in a developing country like Pakistan, medical students (the future medical practitioners) should be familiar with the basic knowledge,
Bakhtawar, M. (Marriam)+3 more
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Swine diseases and disorders that are significant in modern, commercial swine production systems are organized by body system; the reader will need to know basic anatomy and physiology. The industry significance, etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, postmortem and histpathologic lesions, diagnostic testing, and generic treatment ...
Robbins, R.C., Almond, G., Byers, E.
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Attitudes and Beliefs of Pig Farmers and Wild Boar Hunters Towards Reporting of African Swine Fever in Bulgaria, Germany and the Western Part of the Russian Federation [PDF]
This study investigated the attitudes and beliefs of pig farmers and hunters in Germany, Bulgaria and the western part of the Russian Federation towards reporting suspected cases of African swine fever (ASF).
Acevedo+20 more
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Swine vesicular disease: pathways of infection [PDF]
SUMMARYThe pathways of infection in swine vesicular disease have been studied by (i) an estimation of the amounts of virus required to produce infection by different artificial inoculation procedures; (ii) the distribution and amounts of virus in various tissues of pigs killed at intervals after contact infection; (iii) an investigation of the ...
J. A. Mann, G. H. Hutchings
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Initial psychological responses to influenza A, H1N1 ("Swine flu") [PDF]
Background The outbreak of the pandemic flu, Influenza A H1N1 (Swine Flu) in early 2009, provided a major challenge to health services around the world.
B Fischhoff+23 more
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Non-Foodborne Swine Zoonotic Diseases
The aim of this paper is to give an overview of novel swine non-foodborne zoonotic diseases that have been prominent in the last decade in swine industry. The number of swine present worldwide and the large percentage of population that consume pork, swine represent significant reservoir of potential zoonoses.
Toni Dovenski, Branko Angjelovski
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Simultaneous expression of CD4 and CD8 antigens by a substantial proportion of resting porcine T lymphocytes [PDF]
The existence of four subpopulations in resting porcine T lymphocytes is documented. In addition to the two known subpopulations which are typified by a mutually exclusive expression of either the CD8 or the CD4 differentiation antigen, CD4-CD8+ and CD4 ...
Bevan+19 more
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Intracellular Concentrations of Fosfomycin in Alveolar Macrophages from Weaning Piglets [PDF]
At weaning, piglets are more susceptible to infectious diseases, being respiratory syndromes one of the most frequent conditions. Fosfomycin is indicated for the treatment of a variety of porcine bacterial pathogens, with MIC90 ranging between 0.25-0.50 ...
Dieguez, Susana Nelly+6 more
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