Abstracts - Pig health

This low-cost visual detection method for African swine fever virus offers a robust workflow that works with commonly submitted diagnostic samples.

To equip farmers with the knowledge they require to make informed decisions, awareness-raising campaigns and the transfer of the protocol through training programmes are needed

Tonsil oral scrubbing and dry blood spots are reliable and cost-effective alternatives for detecting the virus in recently inoculated gilts.

Interspecific transmission was a critical epidemic driver and a necessary target for achieving holistic control.

The developed method offers a simple and sensitive tool for rapid ASFV screening in both affected and at-risk farms.

A comprehensive approach to influenza control on pig farms, including surveillance, vaccination, and careful implementation of the program, is necessary to reduce the incidence of IAV in pigs.

Genetically modified pig liver keeps man alive until human organ transplant.

This work evaluates the relationship of inclusion body rhinitis in pigs with other findings observed in necropsies. Final thesis at the Veterinary Pathology Diagnostic Service of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UAB, Spain, advised by Joaquim Segalés.

Seasonal effects may be related to the abundance and population dynamics of wild boar and to seasonality in pig farming.

Maternal vaccination mitigates the potential long-term impacts of influenza A virus infection on the microbiome and cognition.

Buserelin has advantages in centralizing induced ovulation and thus improving fixed-time artificial insemination outcomes.

A new clinical case definition for PRRSV outbreaks in swine breeding herds has been proposed using a system based on KPI signals that will trigger diagnostics.

Beneficial bacteria are transmitted from mothers to offspring and persist through early developmental stages, thereby emphasizing the long-lasting impact of maternal microbiome.