Porcine Health Management

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRSV) is a viral disease with negative impact on sow reproduction. A strategy to control this virus is to select animals more resilient to the infection. A key issue to deal with disease resistance is to set...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) control strategies rely on a combination of acclimation, vaccination and internal biosecurity measures. On French family farms, both the herd veterinarian and the farmer would benefit from an accurate...

A shift in dominant PCV2 genogroups from PCV2a to PCV2b has already taken place worldwide. More recently, the PCV2d genogroup emerged in China and the USA, where it has since become dominant. In France, PCV2 genome typing was not routinely available until...

This study was aimed to analyze the serological diagnostics of Aujeszky’s disease among swine in Ukraine. Data are presented on serological studies of blood sera samples from swine for the presence of specific humoral antibodies against the Aujeszky’s...

The control of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) associated diseases (PCVD) is based on management strategies, control of the co-infections, and vaccination. Several vaccines are registered and many different protocols including gilts, sows or piglets are...

Swine influenza causes by type A influenza virus (IVA) is one of the important swine respiratory problem resulting in decreased herd health, poorer quality meat products, and producer profits. Understanding the trends in seropositivity of the pathogen at...

PRRS instability in breeding herds can affect productivity reducing the number of piglets weaned due to the reduction in piglets born alive and the increase in pre-weaning mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the economic benefits of achieving...

Sow vaccination against PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) is common practice to achieve farm stability and production ofnewborn piglets negative to wild-type PRRS virus (WT-PRRSv). Recently, piglet vaccination has proven to reduce/delay...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRSV) is one of the most important viral diseases affecting pig production. The introduction of new PRRSV strains and/or the appearance of new outbreaks due to endemic PRRSV strains are key points to control...

PPV1 is considered as a co-factor of porcine circovirus type 2 associated diseases (PCVD). A link between PCV2 and PPV2 or PPV4 was also suggested.The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between the presence of PCV2 and PPV1-7 in serum of...

Pestivirus can cause hypomyelination and cerebellar hypoplasia in the central nervous system (CNS) of different animal species. BVDV, an important pestivirus, is known to infect pigs naturally. Thus, our study aimed at evaluating if BVDV-2 could cause...

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) congenital persistently infection (PI) in cattle enables the spread of this virus in the herd, and interferes with the control of the disease. Classical swine fever virus (CSFV), a devastating virus in swine production,...

The aim of the study was to compare the presence of PCV2 DNA in serum, feces and oral fluid from pigs from 10 Polish farms vaccinated against PCV2.

Here we present the analysis of samples from swine gathered by veterinarians in The Netherlands and Belgium in 2018 and analysed by IVD GmbH, Innovative Veterinary Diagnostics, Seelze, Germany, for Swine Influenza A Virusses (IAV).

Effective control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) remains a priority in most commercial pig farms. The study objective was to assess the efficacy of an improved PRRS management program, including vaccination of sows and routine...