Porcine Health Management

Swine influenza (swIAV) is a highly contagious respiratory infection with substantial economic consequences due to medication costs, pigs’ growth retardation and decrease of reproductive performance in affected sow herds.The objective of this study was...

The use of processing fluids is a sensitive tool to monitorize PRRSV status in a cost-effective way. The use of removed parts of carcasses could be a used as an aggregated sample to evaluate the presence of PRRSV. The main objective of this study is to...

Tonsils are a reservoir for host-specific pathogens and commensal organisms, mostly bacteria and viruses. The resident tonsillar microbiome is assumed to interact with incoming pathogens by preventing colonization via competitive exclusion. The present...

Despite a zero-tolerance policy, the wild boar population in the Netherlands is increasing in numbers and extending its habitat. Growing numbers of wild boar are living in the immediate vicinity of commercial pig farms. With African Swine Fever (ASF)...

The spread of the African swine virus genotype II into the Eurasiatic wild pig population was unprecedented; the increased densities in wild pig that had taken place in eastern and central Europe over the past few decades was a prime environment for the ASF virus to expand its geographical distributional range. Climate change and extensive cereal production enhanced local wild pig densities and expanded their geographical distribution.