Porcine pleuropneumonia, caused by the bacterial porcine respiratory tract pathogen
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, leads to high economic losses in affected swine herds in …

Traditional biomedical models are easy to manage in experimental facilities and allow fast
and affordable basic genetic studies related to human disorders, but in some cases they do …

Blood collection in pigs can be difficult for unpracticed individuals. The pig erythrocyte is
highly susceptible to hemolysis by hypotonic saline and is more fragile than that of other …

The major acute phase proteins (APPs) in cattle are haptoglobin (Hp) and serum amyloid A
(SAA), and in swine, are Hp, SAA, C‐reactive protein (CRP), and Pig major acute phase …

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a structural part of the outer membrane of Gram-negative
bacteria, is one of the most effective stimulators of the immune system and has been widely …

The ability to control an immune response for the benefit and production efficiency of
animals is the objective of immunomodulation in food-producing animals; substances that …

Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response triggered by an infectious agent and is
recognized by the World Health Organization as a global concern, since it is one of the …

While clinical studies on acute phase proteins (APPs) have significantly increased in the last
decade, and most commercial labs are now offering major APPs in their biochemical …

Simple Summary Vaccination is reported as a stressful and painful event for animals. Very
little is known about the welfare benefits of using needle-free intradermal vaccination in pigs …

Meningitis due to Streptococcus suis causes high mortality and morbidity on pig farms and
has increasing zoonotic potential worldwide. Saliva proteome analysis would potentially be …