Post-weaning diarrhea in pigs weaned without medicinal zinc: risk factors, pathogen dynamics, and association to growth rate

EØ Eriksen, E Kudirkiene, AE Christensen… - Porcine Health …, 2021 - Springer
Background Porcine post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) has reemerged as an important topic in
pig production, as common control strategies based on prophylactic use of antimicrobials …

An observational field study of porcine post-weaning diarrhea: clinical and microbiological findings, and fecal pH-measurements as a potential diagnostic tool

EØ Eriksen, E Kudirkiene, K Barington… - Porcine Health …, 2023 - Springer
Background Recently, in-feed medicinal zinc has been phased out in pig production in the
European Union. This makes updated knowledge about porcine post-weaning diarrhea …

Experimental infection of pigs and ferrets with “pre-pandemic,” human-adapted, and swine-adapted variants of the H1N1pdm09 influenza A virus reveals significant …

C Kristensen, HA Laybourn, JC Crumpton… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Influenza A viruses are RNA viruses that cause epidemics in humans and are enzootic in the
pig population globally. In 2009, pig-to-human transmission of a reassortant H1N1 virus …

Associations between pleurisy and the Main bacterial pathogens of the porcine respiratory diseases complex (PRDC)

FAM Petri, GC Ferreira, LP Arruda, CS Malcher… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Respiratory disease is a significant health issue in intensive pig
production, and it can have a significant impact on animal welfare, productivity, and …

Gastro-intestinal lesions are not relatable to diarrhoea or specific pathogens in post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) in pigs

SA Blirup-Plum, HE Jensen, SS Nielsen… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2023 - Springer
Background Post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) is a multifactorial condition and the most well
documented infectious cause is enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. The objective of the study …

Fecal virus-like particles are sufficient to reduce necrotizing enterocolitis

SM Offersen, X Mao, MR Spiegelhauer, F Larsen… - Gut …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Fecal filtrate transfer (FFT) is emerging as a safer alternative to traditional fecal microbiota
transplantation (FMT)–particularly in the context of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a severe …

Multiplex real-time RT-PCR assays for detection and differentiation of porcine enteric coronaviruses

CM Lazov, A Papetti, GJ Belsham, A Bøtner… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is important to be able to detect and differentiate between distinct porcine enteric
coronaviruses that can cause similar diseases. However, the existence of naturally occurring …

Design of a high-throughput real-time PCR system for detection of bovine respiratory and enteric pathogens

NB Goecke, BH Nielsen, MB Petersen… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bovine respiratory and enteric diseases have a profound negative impact on animal, health,
welfare, and productivity. A vast number of viruses and bacteria are associated with the …

Diversity of respiratory viruses present in nasal swabs under influenza suspicion in respiratory disease cases of weaned pigs

GE Martín-Valls, Y Li, I Díaz, E Cano… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Respiratory diseases in weaned pigs are a common problem, with a complex etiology
involving both viruses and bacteria. In the present study, we investigated the presence of …

Estimating clinically relevant cut-off values for a high-throughput quantitative real-time PCR detecting bacterial respiratory pathogens in cattle

AF Klompmaker, M Brydensholt… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) results from interactions between pathogens,
environmental stressors, and host factors. Obtaining a diagnosis of the causal pathogens is …