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Porcine Anti-viral Immunity: How Important Is It?

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Pork has become the number one meat consumed worldwide. Meeting the demand for pork has forced the revolution of swine production from traditional husbandry practices that involved a few pigs or small herds to intensive concentration of swine raised in ...
Kelly M. Lager, Alexandra C. Buckley
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Genomic and transcriptomic insights into vitamin A-induced thermogenesis and gene reuse as a cold adaptation strategy in wild boars

Communications Biology
Wild boars inhabit diverse climates, including frigid regions like Siberia, but their migration history and cold adaptation mechanisms into high latitudes remain poorly understood.
Mingpeng Zhang, Aleksei Traspov, Jiawen Yang, Min Zheng, Veronika R. Kharzinova, Huashui Ai, Natalia A. Zinovieva, Lusheng Huang   +7 more
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Perceptions of swine euthanasia among Brazilian caretakers from non-integrated swine farms

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Timely and humane euthanasia is crucial for animal welfare on swine farms, yet challenges persist in its implementation, particularly in Brazil, where the responsibility often falls to caretakers lacking training. This study aimed to assess the knowledge,
Laya Kannan Silva Alves, Laya Kannan Silva Alves, Monique Danielle Pairis-Garcia, Andréia Gonçalves Arruda, Cecília Archangelo Ferreira de Melo, Nadia de Almeida Ciriaco Gomes, Roberta Yukari Hoshino, Cesar Augusto Pospissil Garbossa   +7 more
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Development and evaluation of an interactive case-based training tool for timely on-farm euthanasia decision-making in swine

Porcine Health Management
Timely and humane euthanasia is essential to safeguard animal welfare on pig farms, yet studies in Brazil and other major pig-producing countries reveal persistent uncertainty and inconsistency in on-farm decision-making.
Laya Kannan Silva Alves, Cecília Archangelo Ferreira de Melo, Monique Danielle Pairis-Garcia, Andréia Gonçalves Arruda, Cesar Augusto Pospissil Garbossa   +4 more
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Production system-associated hepatic histomorphometric adaptations in swine: Comparative analysis of glycogen deposition, Kupffer cell abundance, and liver microarchitecture [PDF]

Veterinary World
Background and Aim: Swine production systems differ considerably in housing, nutrition, biosecurity, and environmental exposure, all of which may influence hepatic metabolism, immune function, and tissue architecture.
Nattawat Chaiyawong, Anongwadee Nadprasop, Natcha Khong-on, Siwakon Kongchan, Ittipon Phoungpetchara, Pichaya Jumnongprakhon, Charkriya Promsuban   +6 more
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Serum stress parameters in pigs transported to slaughter under commercial conditions in different seasons

Veterinární Medicína, 2007
To determine the influence of slaughter transports carried out under commercial conditions, 162 pigs weighing 98 kg and of both sexes were studied. A total of seven transports were performed in summer and in winter conditions, with durations of 1 h and ...
X. Averos, A. Herranz, R. Sanchez, J.X. Comella, L.F. Gosalvez   +4 more
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Research on the Optimization of Dietary Energy Supply in Growing and Fattening Pigs Under a Low-Temperature Environment

Animals
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the optimization of dietary energy supply on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, energy metabolism, nutrient oxidation, slaughter performance, and meat quality of growing and ...
Yu Zhang, Zhaoyang Qi, Guixin Qin, Hailong Jiang, Rui Han, Dongsheng Che   +5 more
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Serotype diversity of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae detected by real-time PCR in clinical and subclinical samples from Spanish pig farms during 2017–2022

Veterinary Research
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, a challenging respiratory disease for the global swine industry. Variations in the serotypes associated with clinical disease have been observed in different regions ...
José Luis Arnal Bernal, Marcelo Gottschalk, Sonia Lacotoure, Celia Sanz Tejero, Gema Chacón Pérez, Desiree Martín-Jurado, Ana Belén Fernández Ros   +6 more
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Lipoteichoic acids influence cell shape and bacterial division of Streptococcus suis serotype 2, but play a limited role in the pathogenesis of the infection

Veterinary Research
Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is a major swine pathogen and a zoonotic agent, causing meningitis in both swine and humans, responsible for substantial economic losses to the swine industry worldwide.
Servane Payen, Marie-Christine Giroux, Nicolas Gisch, Ursula Schombel, Nahuel Fittipaldi, Mariela Segura, Marcelo Gottschalk   +6 more
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The stabilizing effect of scale breeding on swine production volatility-empirical evidence from China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionIn the pursuit of agricultural sustainability and food security, the stability of livestock production under large-scale operations plays a pivotal role.MethodsBased on panel data from 26 provinces in China spanning the years 2007 to 2020 ...
Hui Jiang, Mingli Wang, Zhaohui Yan, Yumeng Sun   +3 more
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