Porcine Health Management

PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) is one of the most important pig diseases, and its significance in the Netherlands seems to be increasing, especially during the early nursery period. To gain insights about the extent of the problem,...

In an organic fattening pig herd in Switzerland growers presented with anorexia, inappetence, poor growth, fever and neurological signs. After necropsy of affected pigs, porcine teschovirus (PTV) had been identified in the gastrointestinal tract and...

The Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome wild type virus (WT-PRRSv) typically spreads in nursery pigs when passive maternal immunity wanes, resulting in viremia peaks at around 7 weeks of age. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of a new...

Viral infections in pigs may result in loss of reproductive performance because they can affect factors related to seminal quality. The aim of the present study was to promote the experimental infection of boars with BVDV-2a and evaluate the viral...

PRRS is an important swine disease and piglet vaccination is being increasingly used in control programs. The current field trial was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of early piglet vaccination using a new vaccine.

Porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) inhabit the nasal cavity of pigs and can cause rhinitis. Detection of inclusion bodies by histopathology has been the gold standard when diagnosing PCMV. As PCMV are present in the nasal fluid of a high proportion of healthy...

Pig farms in Northern Belgium (Flanders) are often endemically infected with PRRSV. DGZ developed “Piglet Monitoring”, a voluntary project, to provide swine veterinarians with a tool to determine the PRRS status of the herds.

Due to good herd health in a herd of 600 SPF sows porcine Circovirus Type2 (PCV2) vaccination was deferred. Four years later and after diagnosis of porcine Circovirus disease (PCVD), intradermal vaccination was started with Porcilis® PCV ID. Aim of the...

In France, four cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) were detected from 2014 to 2017 caused by moderate pathogenic “S-InDel” strains. PED caused by highly pathogenic “S-non-InDel” PEDV strains is notifiable in France and no case has been...

Influenza A virus (IAV) causes a respiratory disease in swine with high morbidity but low mortality. IAV is divided into subtypes defined by the combination of the surface glycoproteins hemagglutinin (18 HA) and neuraminidase (11 NA). In Europe, the most...

This survey analyzed routine diagnostic results both serologically, by ELISA and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test, and by real-time RT-PCR.

Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) genomic variation determined by sequencing is used to understand virus epidemiology and to drive control strategies, with nucleotide sequence analysis of the ORF5 gene as the cornerstone of virus...

Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS) is an important economic disease in the swine industry worldwide. PRRS virus (PRRSv) monitoring and surveillance is crucial in control and elimination programs. The use of oropharyngeal swabs (OP) and...

The aim of this survey was to describe the prevalence of PCV2 and the infection patterns with the special attention to early infections in young piglets. The homogeneity and level of maternal immunity was studied.

At the moment PCV2 can be divided into five genotypes known as PCV2a, b, c, d and e. An ongoing shift from PCV2a to PCV2b to PCV2d has been reported in many countries. The objective of this study was to identify the strains present in some clinical cases...