Porcine Health Management

Lung checks of pig carcases at slaughter is a well-established standardised procedure for monitoring respiratory health at farm level. However, pig slaughterhouses also collect other data for carcase classification and payment of farmers that can be used...

In France, about 70% of piglets are vaccinated against PCV2 and nearly 90% are vaccinated against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Ready-to-use bivalent vaccines have only recently reached the market. The benefit of a one-shot ready-to-use bivalent vaccine...

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the causative agent of Porcine Pleuropneumonia (PP), distributed worldwide and responsible for considerable economic losses in the pig industry. An increase of new cases is reported from Austria. The aim of this study...

Austrian piglets are usually vaccinated against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M.hyo) and porcine Circovirus type 2 (PCV2). Separate vaccinations by monovalent PCV2 and two-shot M.hyo vaccines offer reliable protection but are more labor-intensive than a...

The objective of this trial was to compare the effects of the needle-free IDAL vaccination and the conventional needle-syringe vaccination procedure on Average Daily Gain (ADG) and rectal temperature of weaned piglets. <strong>Materials &...

The aim of this study was to compare the humoral immune response to Swine Erysipelas (SE) developed by ERYSENG^® PARVO and Vaccine B under field conditions in Germany. <strong>Material & Methods</strong> A total of 54 gilts free of...

The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) is frequently consumed by pigs via contaminated grain. DON binds to the A-site of the ribosome peptidyl transferase center which leads to activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). MAPKs are central in the...

Nowadays, vaccines represent about 60% of health cost in farms. Due to the restriction of the use of antibiotics this percentage is going to increase. Nevertheless, this task is often considered as a painful chore for farmers who usually want to perform...

Colostrum immunoglobins are a source of protection against microbial infections and confer passive immunity to the piglets until they have a mature immune system.The purpose of this study was to compare safety and efficacy of different <i>E. coli</i>...

Body temperature, acute phase proteins (APPs) and weight gain (ADG) are suitable indicators of inflammation, stress and well-being in pigs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physiological effects of 2 vaccine combinations against PCV2 and Mhyo by...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is classified in two genotypes: type 1 and type 2. Within these two genotypes, several isolates exist with different virulence and pathogenicity features. Recently, highly pathogenic (HP)...

PRRSV-infection can induce cell apoptosis both in vivo and in vitro. Soluble Fas-sFas/APO-1 is an inhibitor of apoptosis, while angiotensin II (AT-II) plays an essential role in the apoptosis. This study investigated the ID and IM administration of a...

PRRSV vaccination is a potential strategy to reduce not only the virus shedding, but also the severity of respiratory signs of growing/finishing pigs. This field study evaluated the ID and IM vaccination in suckling piglets. <strong>Material &...

Immediately after initial emergence in humans in 2009, pandemic H1N1 has now spread globally and represents a thread for global pig production by inducing economic losses worldwide. Based on a human virus isolate from 2009, IDT Biologika developed an...

Due the lack of an efficacious vaccine against the globally spreading pandemic subtype of Influenza A virus in swine, IDT Biologika developed an inactivated full virus vaccine for use in pigs based on a human pandemic virus isolate from 2009. Proof of...