Porcine Health Management

The aim of this study was to determine the diversity of IAV from clinical outbreaks in pig farms of Spain and Portugal as well as from active surveillance.

Besides the considered non-pathogenic Porcine circovirus 1 (PCV-1) and PCV-2 as the cause of systemic and reproductive problems, a novel circovirus (PCV-3) with an unknown infection outcome was described in 2015. The present work aimed at the detection...

New introduction of isolates and the evolving dynamics of the PRRS virus can be monitored by the consistent sequence of the diagnosis. Thus, the aim of this work is monitoring the isolates in a farm level by using Bioportal software.

Rotaviruses B (RVB) and C (RVC) have been reported to cause neonatal diarrhea worldwide. Nevertheless, there are few reports concerning the molecular characterization of porcine isolates in Europe. The aim of this study was to deep-sequence and...

In the last decade, the number of outbreaks caused by virulent PRRSV strains has increased in Europe, Asia and North America. The virulence of these strains is not only evident in the lung, but also in the lymphoid organs, mainly in thymus and bone...

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is an economically important swine pathogen causing a wide range of clinical problems, collectively named Porcine Circovirus Diseases (PCVD). Since the discovery of the virus, 2 major genotype shifts have been described....

Influenza A Virus - Swine (IAV-S) is present in pigs worldwide. In contrast to the general perception that IAV-S is predominantly a disease in finishing pigs, recent research has observed continuous circulation of IAV-S among piglets during the...

Alternative diagnostic sampling for detection of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) might be advantageous with respect to easy transportation (dry swabs) or animal friendly stress less sampling without the need for fixation....

Weaknesses in feed mill biosecurity may serve as an entry point for porcine viruses into the swine feed supply and subsequently impact herd health.

PRRS is an economically important swine disease and piglet vaccination is being increasingly used in control programs. The objective of this field trial was to assess the impact of a new PRRS piglet vaccination program at around 2-3 days of age (D) in a...

Knowledge on the pathogenic charateristics of different genotypes/strains of PCV2 is important for evaluating vaccine efficacy. Our recent survey indicated that PCV2a, PCV2b, and PCV2d genotypes are circulating in Europe. The aim of this study was to...

The emergence and spread of porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV) during 1980s, resulted in an endemic manifestation of the infection in most European countries. Due to negligible imports of live pigs to Norway, the commercial Norwegian pig population is...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is still one of the economically most important viruses often combatted by the use of modified live virus vaccines (MLV).The aim of the present study was to test the efficacy of a PRRS MLV...

Outbreaks caused by very virulent PRRSV strains have been reported worldwide. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the immunopathogenesis of lung lesions caused by two PRRSV1 strains, one of low and the other of high- virulence.

Influenza A virus (IAV) subtypes H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2 circulate in swine herds in Belgium. Shortly after the emergence of the human pandemic H1N1 2009 IAV (pdmH1N1(2009)), variants of this strain occurred in global swine populations. Here we describe the...