In the recent past, disease control on swine farms was based on vaccination or intentional
exposure to pathogens to stimulate immunity and protect against clinical disease. This one …

Detecting antibodies formed in serum in response to infection is the traditional function of
serology. Diagnostic modalities have included complement fixation tests, agar gel immune …

Colostrum is the main external resource providing piglets with nutrients and maternal
immune molecules. Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) have been used as …

Swine can be infected with many different mycoplasmas. Some are important pathogens,
causing significant health and welfare issues in pigs and major losses to the swine industry …

Simple Summary Domestic and wild pigs are the main Hepatitis E virus (HEV) zoonotic
reservoirs. Identifying HEV-positive pig farms is important to implement surveillance …

The veterinary mycoplasmas comprise a large group of species and subspecies with widely
varying clinical significance and host/tissue tropisms. The most pathogenic of these …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an RNA virus causing an acute generally self-limited disease in
humans. Pigs and wild boars are the main reservoirs. Identifying HEV positive pig farms is …

Esta Tesis Doctoral está constituida por tres estudios. El primer estudio consistió en
identificar las estrategias actuales de adaptación de la reposición frente M. hyopneumoniae …

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae é uma bactéria Gram-positiva que causa a doença conhecida
como erisipela suína. As vacinas veterinárias disponíveis contra a doença possuem …

Effective biosecurity at farm, state, national and international levels to prevent and control
the spread of important production animal diseases, is essential to minimise the risk of …